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Fragment of an account of solidi for boat assessments of Babylon TM 19862Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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Fragment of a fiscal account from Aphrodito listing payments in gold solidi for the distributions (tax assessments) connected with boats (karaboi) of Babylon. Only the heading and repeated entries marked 'likewise' survive.

In English machine translation

[B] […] of Babylon, solidi of the distributions of the boats (karaboi) […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise, 1/2 1/3 solidus, likewise […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise, likewise […] […] likewise […] […] likewise […] [… lines lost …] [verso]

The karabos was a type of boat; such accounts belong to the early Arab-period tax records from Aphrodito, where 'distribution' (dianome) refers to an apportioned levy. Babylon here is the fortress city in Egypt near later Cairo.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.4.1416b

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

[B] […] Βαβυλῶνος νομίσματα διανομῶν τῶν καράβων […] […] ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […] ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […] ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […] ὁμοίως νομίσματος 𐅵 γ ὁμοίως […] […] ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […]ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […]ὁμοίως ὁμοίως […] […]ὁμοίως […] […]ὁμοίως […] [… ? lines lost …] [v]