A fragmentary duty roster listing men assigned to shifts at a water tower (castellum) with its lifting machine and at a bath, distinguishing day and evening shifts. It comes from Narmuthis in the Fayum and dates to the 2nd-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] of the castellum (water tower) […]
[…] Serenion son of Neilos […]
[…] of the castellum […]
[…] […]
[…] Sarapion son of Horion
[…] by day, of the machine of the castellum
[…] and at the bath, Saroth son of Neilos
[…] of the castellum, Neilos son of Horion
[…] and at the bath, evening (shift)
[…] Akes son of Horion
[…] of the castellum
[…] at the bath, Saroth son of Akoulis
[…] of the castellum, Akoul son of Neilos
[…] by day, of the machine of the castellum
[…] at the bath, Tryphon son of Horbithos
[…] Tryphon son of Tryphon
[…] Kollouthos son of Neilos
[…] by day, Penneus.
The castellum here is a water reservoir or tower, and the organon a water-lifting machine; the roster is thought to relate to the hydroparochia, a water-supply service.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tableau de service de l'hydroparochia (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.