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Statement of sailors' wages for the Egyptian naval expedition from Aphrodito TM 19889Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)709 - 710

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A fiscal statement from the village of Aphrodito recording the 68 sailors it was required to supply for the annual Egyptian naval expedition of the 8th indiction, most of them hired through a man named Aeias, with the cost of the remaining sailors charged to the village.

In English machine translation

[… 1 line lost …] † Statement […] paid (?) through Aeias son of Sorаeik for the wages of the following sailors of the Egyptian expedition (kourson) of the 8th indiction: Village of Aphrodito, required: sailors 68 of which: embarked onto karaboi (ships) […] with 80 (?) sailors hired through Aeias: sailors 65 hired and embarked through Aeias […], expense of the village: sailors 3, at 5 solidi each (?), solidi 15 1/2

The kourson was the annual Arab-era naval raiding expedition for which Egyptian villages had to provide sailors or pay for substitutes. Some figures, notably the rate per sailor and the total, are damaged and uncertain.

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 · 709 - 710 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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