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List of watchmen by watch with the watchword Concordia TM 29720Mons ClaudianusMitte II

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Ostracon listing men assigned to the night watches at the Roman quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus, with the watchword of the day, 'Concordia'. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] 1st (watch): …[…] 2nd: Sarapion son of Apol[…] 4th: Sarapion son of Per[…] 3rd: Hermias 7: brushwood-burners (?) Hermias signum (watchword): Concordia

'Signen' renders Latin signum, the military watchword. The restored 'phrygonatoi' (phryganon, brushwood) is uncertain; it may designate men tending fires.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lists of Vigiles). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.claud.2.312

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte II · Mons Claudianus

[… ? lines lost …] I …[…] II Σαραπίων Ἀπολ IIII Σαραπίων Περ III Ἑρμίας ζ φρυγονατοι Ἑρμίας σίγνεν Κονκορδία