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Register of requisitioned craftsmen for ships and ironworks at Babylon TM 19882Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)17. Dez. 718

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A fragmentary register of craftsmen and labourers (carpenters, turners, smiths and workmen) requisitioned from villages and hamlets to work on the fleet and in the ironworks on the island of Babylon (near Cairo), under the Arab official Oubeeid son of Rasid. It was drawn up at Aphrodito in December 718, the 2nd indiction, year 100 of the Hijra.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] sent on the 21st of the month Choiak, 2nd indiction […] on account of the ships (karaboi) on the island of Babylon […] […] workmen 2 […] carpenter 1, Ph[…] 1, son of Konstantinos son of Makarios […] […] Daniel from the same fields (?) […] by Psemnouthios son of Elias, by […] […] son of Philotheos from the same hamlet, workman 1, by Pkoutse and Sergios […] […] son of Petermouthios from the same hamlet, turner 1, by Theodoros son of Makys and Ma[…] […] and workman 1, names 2 […] name 1, son of Senouthios, likewise […] by Athanasios son of Iakob […] [… lines lost …] [verso] […] same (?) through Sale son of Apoo[…] sent to the ironworks, entrusted (?) Psom[…] […] Oubeeid son of Rasid, the official in charge, for the present 2nd indiction, year 100, iron- and copper-smiths 2, two […] […] for each month […] […] son of Andreas son of Onnophrios […] […] of the same, to be supplied on account of the ironworks, requisitioned labourer for the ships (karaboi) and the light boats (akatenaria) on the island of Babylon […] […] Oubeeid son of Rasid, the official in charge, for the present 2nd indiction, year 100, requisitioned labourers 2 for the month […] […] of the others, for 2 months […] wages for each month, solidus 1/2 […] […] Tsenouthis son of Leontios from the same […] son of Kollouthos son of Andreas, and David […] [… lines lost …]

Belongs to the early Islamic Aphrodito archive; 'year 100' refers to the Hijra era. Karaboi and akatenaria are types of vessels of the Arab fleet.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 17. Dez. 718 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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