bgu.13.2262
ἔτους[…] Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς· εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ[…]ἔτους Ἐπὶφ ια ιε ἐν τῇ Ψιναλειτίδι διώρυγι Πολυδευκίας […]νεφερῶτος τοῦ Ἀπύγχεως […] μητρὸς Θερμ […]…ων σεσημείωμαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9671
Certificate of five days' dike work at the Psinaleitis canal of Polydeukia TM 9671Polydeukia (Arsinoites)138 - 161
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A certificate confirming that a man named […]nepheros, son of Apynchis, completed five days of compulsory work on the dikes, Epeiph 11 to 15, at the Psinaleitis canal of Polydeukia. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Year […] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Worked on the dike works of year […], Epeiph 11 to 15, at the Psinaleitis canal of Polydeukia, […]nepheros son of Apynchis […], mother Therm[…].
[…] I have signed.
A penthemeros certificate attests the five days (penthemeros) of annual compulsory labour on dikes and canals owed by adult men in Roman Egypt. The signing official's name at the end is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Penthemeros-Certificate). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.