bgu.15.2516
ἔτους ὀγδόου Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος. ἠργάσατο ἐν … πηλ …[…] Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Παν[…] Διονύσιος σεσημείωμαι […]…ειδ σεσημείωμαι [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9778
Penthemeros certificate for dike work by a man of Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9778Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)61 - 62
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A penthemeros certificate, a receipt confirming that a man from Soknopaiou Nesos performed his compulsory five-day labour on the dikes and canals, dated to the 8th year of Nero. It is signed by officials, one named Dionysios.
In English machine translation
Year 8 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator.
Worked at […] mud (?) […]
of Soknopaiou Nesos, Pan[…]
I, Dionysios, have signed.
[…] I have signed.
[…]
A penthemeros was the five days of obligatory work on the irrigation system owed each year by adult men in Roman Egypt. The worker's name and the place of work are only partly preserved.
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.