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η […]Ἡρακλίδης […] Οὐαίτεις I Σαραπίων IIII Ἀπολινάρις I Πετεῦρις IIII Διόσκορος III Ἑρμίας II Ψενταῆσις θ φρυγονατοι Διόσκορος σίγνεν Οὐίκτορι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29724
List of watchmen with watch numbers and watchword TM 29724Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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An ostracon from the Roman quarry station of Mons Claudianus listing men on night watch (vigiles), each name preceded by a number, probably the watch period. It ends with a group of nine further men and a note about the watchword passed by Dioskoros to Victor. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
8 (?)
[…] Herakleides
[…] Ouaiteis
1 Sarapion
4 Apollinaris
1 Peteuris
4 Dioskoros
3 Hermias
2 Psentaesis
9 brushwood-gatherers (?)
Dioskoros
sign (watchword) to Victor
The numerals before the names probably indicate the watch (vigilia) each man held. "Signen" renders Latin signum, the watchword, and the reading of the word for brushwood-gatherers (phryganatoi) is a restoration.
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.