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Five-day report of dyke work at Sepho submitted to the strategos TM 21643Oxyrhynchos24. Juli 319

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A report submitted to the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome by two villagers, Zoilos son of Horos and Psys, listing in five-day periods the 35 naubia of earthwork done during the month of Epeiph on a dyke south of Sepho. It was written for them by Aurelius Ammonios because they were illiterate.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantine Augustus for the 5th time and Licinius the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time. To Aurelius Eudaimon […], strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Zoilos son of Horos and Psys […], both from the hamlet of Ischy[…] of the 7th pagus. Account of the five-day periods of naubia worked by us in the present month of Epeiph on the dyke indicated below, in total 35 naubia. On the dyke south of Sepho, the aforesaid naubia, which were worked by the men from our village […] on behalf of poll and village property. Which were worked as follows: from […] to 6, 6 naubia from 7 to 11, 6 naubia from 12 to 16, 6 naubia from 17 to 21, 6 naubia from 22 to 26, 6 naubia from 27 to 30, 5 naubia, total the aforesaid. In the aforesaid consulship, Epeiph 30. We, Aurelii Zoilos and Psois, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Ammonios, wrote on their behalf since they do not know letters.

A naubion was a unit of earth volume used to measure compulsory dyke and canal work. The second man's name appears as Psys in the heading and Psois in the subscription.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report Concerning Work on a Dyke). 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 · 24. Juli 319 · Oxyrhynchos

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