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Certificate of five-day work on the embankments by Pnepheros TM 9990Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)161 - 168

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A certificate recording that Pnepheros son of Pnepheros of Soknopaiou Nesos performed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes and canals, from Mesore 11 to 15, under the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. It comes from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

Year […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus. Has worked on the embankment works of the same year, Mesore 11 to 15, the ordered five-day period, at ellanto (?), Pnepheros son of Pnepheros of Soknopaiou Nesos […] […]

Such certificates attest the compulsory annual five-day labour (penthemeros) on irrigation dikes owed by villagers. The word 'ellanto' is an unexplained place designation, and much of the formula is restored from parallel texts.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 161 - 168 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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