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ἔτους δ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ. εἴργασται ἐφʼ ἡμέρας πέντε ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ δ ἔτους Φαῶφι ιβ ιϛ ἐν τῇ Ἐπαγαθιανῇ διώρυγι Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Παπεῖς Πανεφρέμμεως τοῦ Παπεῖτος …… Σαραπίων σεσημείωμαι
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Penthemeros certificate for dike work at the Epagathian canal TM 9779Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)
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A penthemeros certificate confirming that Papeis son of Panephremmis from Soknopaiou Nesos completed his compulsory five days of work on the dikes and canals at the Epagathian canal, Phaophi 12-16, in year 4 of Hadrian. It is signed by an official named Sarapion.
In English machine translation
Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. Has worked for five days on the embankment works of the same 4th year, Phaophi 12 to 16, at the Epagathian canal of Soknopaiou Nesos:
Papeis son of Panephremmis, grandson of Papeis,
…
I, Sarapion, have signed.
A penthemeros was the five-day compulsory labour on embankments and canals owed annually by adult men in Roman Egypt. The second day number is written as 'ιβ ιϛ', understood as the span Phaophi 12 to 16.
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.