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Account of requisitioned donkey-drivers at the harbour of Pisais TM 26681ArsinoitesEnde II

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An account of donkey-drivers requisitioned for compulsory transport service at the river harbour of Pisais in the Arsinoite nome, covering ten-day periods of the month Phaophi. It records daily quantities in metretai (liquid measure, probably wine or oil) delivered by various people through agents, along with donkey loads and loads of acacia wood.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A] Account of donkey-drivers requisitioned at the harbour of Pisais, from Phaophi 11 to 20, as follows: 11: from Liseus through Appion 5 metretai from Eleias through Dios 1 metretes Total 6 metretai; Appion 1 load 12: from Liseus through Appion 4 metretai, 1 load 13: from Liseus through Appion 24 metretai, 1 load […] from Eleias through Dios 5 metretai, 1 load Total 29 metretai, 2 loads 14: from Eleias through Dios 2 metretai from Heron through Kyrillos […] metretai from Liseus through Appion 11 metretai, 1 load Total […] metretai, 1 load 15: from Liseus […] metretai […] Appion 1 load […] […] through Dios […] 4 loads [Fragment B] Account of donkey-drivers requisitioned at the harbour of Pisais, from Phaophi 21 to 30, as follows: 21: from Liseus through Appion […] metretai Appion 1 load From 22 to 30 Hermes […] Total for the month 358 metretai […] of acacia wood 30 loads Total of expenditure 18 […], 8 drachmas […]

The donkey-drivers were 'requisitioned' (angareia), a compulsory transport service owed to the state. The word after 358 metretai (kora[…]) is unclear and left untranslated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Relevé du transit dans un port fluvial). 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 · Ende II · Arsinoites

[FrA] λόγος ὀνηλατῶν ἀγγαρευθέντων ἐν ὅρμῳ Πισάϊ τῶν ἀπὸ ια Φαῶφι ἕως κ ἐστὶ δέ· ια παρὰ Λισεῖ διὰ Ἀππίωνος μετρηταὶ ε παρὰ Ἠλεία διὰ Δίου μετρητὴς α γίνονται μετρηταὶ ϛ, Ἀππίων γόμος α ιβ παρὰ Λισεῖ διὰ Ἀππίωνος μετρηταὶ δ γόμος α ιγ παρὰ Λισεῖ διὰ Ἀππίωνος μετρηταὶ κδ γόμος α […