p.aberd.36b
ἔτους ἐνάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς εἴργασται εἰς χωματικὰἔργα τοῦ αὐτοῦ θ ἔτους ἀπὸ μηνὸς Μεσορὴ[…]ἕως[…]ἐν πλωτῇ Σοκνοπαίου ΝήσουΠακῦσις Πακύσιος …[…] Αἴλιος σεσημείωμαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9989
Certificate of embankment work by Pakysis son of Pakysis TM 9989Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)
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A certificate recording that Pakysis son of Pakysis completed his compulsory work on the dikes and embankments in year 9 of Antoninus Pius (AD 145/146) at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum. It is signed by an official named Aelius.
In English machine translation
Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Pakysis son of Pakysis […] has worked on the embankment works of the same year 9, from the month of Mesore […] to […], at the canal (?) of Soknopaiou Nesos.
I, Aelius, have signed.
Such certificates confirmed completion of the five days of compulsory labour on dikes owed annually by villagers. The worker's name and the word 'plote' (a navigable channel or waterway) are partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificate of Work on the Embankments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.