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A penthemeros certificate from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, confirming that Phanomgeus son of Pasoknopaios worked his compulsory five days on the dikes in the mountain district of Patsontis in Hathyr of year 5 of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. It is signed by the official Herakleides.
A penthemeros certificate attests completion of the five days of compulsory labour on the irrigation dikes owed each year. The year number 5 at the start is restored, but it is confirmed by the 'same year 5' in the body.
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.
ἔτους ε Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν Ἀρμενιακῶν Μηδικῶν Παρθικῶν Μεγίστων. εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν ἔργων τοῦ αὐτοῦ ε ἔτους Ἁθὺρ αε ἐν ὀρεινῇ Πατσώντεως Καρανίδος Φανομγεῦς Πασοκνοπαίου τοῦ Φανομγέως Τασώκεως Ἡρακλίδης σεσημείωμαι
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