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Report on the shipping of cargoes to the harbour of Ptolemais TM 27866Ankyron (Herakleopolites)II

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Fragment of a Greek document, probably a report or memorandum, about the export of cargoes by boat from the Alsos (Grove) to the harbour at Ptolemais, and the revenues this brought to the nomarchy. It dates to the 2nd century and comes from Ankyron in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[Fragment A, column 1] […] […] to […]. Therefore the (affairs?) of our […] […] in the organization (?) of the export of the […] […] from the Grove (Alsos) to the harbour at Ptolemais […] […] then also to the business of the nomarchy […] by the sailors of the boats the cargo is exported, from which […] […] the […] money accrues to the […]. And not only to the […] is it useful, but also […] for […] on behalf of the cargoes brought down, sufficient […] will be, since both businesses are great […] of Syria through the shipmaster here […] […] or as being for the taxes. Not indeed this one of a talent [Fragment A, column 2] […] […] […] in the things exported […] […] these fullest […] they said they had cargoes […] […] above […] when Sara[…] mentioned of the nomarchy, whether then of the division of Herakleides […]

The nomarchy here was a fiscal administrative unit concerned with revenues, not simply a district governorship. The reading translated as 'organization' (diérasis) is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Warentransport). 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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p.bad.4.85a

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Ankyron (Herakleopolites)

[FrA,1] [… ? lines lost …] […]σασθαι. τὰ οὖν τῶν ἡμετέρων[…] […]τῇ διεράσει τῆς ἐξαγωγῆς τοῦ […] […]ἐκ τοῦ Ἄλσους εἰς τὸν ἐν Πτολεμαΐδι ὅρμον […] […]… εἶτα καὶ τῷ ἀσχολήματι τῆς νομαρχίας […] ναύταιςτῶν πλοίων τὰ φορτίον ἐξάγεται, ἀφʼ ὧν[…] […] τὸ …[…]ον ἀργύριον περιγείνεται τῷ …