p.aberd.36d
ἔτους δ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ εἴργασται ὑπὲρ χωματικῶν δ ἔτους Μεσορὴ ι ἕως ιε ἐν τῇ Ἐπαγάθου Σοκνοπαίου Ἑριεῦς[…] Σώτας Στοτοήτιος σεσημείωμαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9991
Certificate of compulsory work on the embankments TM 9991Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)7. Aug. 196
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A certificate issued at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum stating that Soknopaios son of Herieus completed his compulsory five days of labour on the dikes and canals in year 4 of Septimius Severus (AD 196). It is signed by the official Sotas son of Stotoetis.
In English machine translation
Year 4 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Augustus.
Has worked for the dike works of year 4, Mesore 10 to [15, in the …]
of Epagathos, Soknopaios son of Herieus […].
I, Sotas son of Stotoetis, [have signed].
Such certificates confirmed the annual five days of obligatory dike labour (chomatika); the end date and the name of the work site after "of Epagathos" are partly restored or lost.
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.