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List of guards with tally strokes TM 29725Mons ClaudianusMitte II

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An ostracon list of names, apparently of guards (vigiles), each preceded by tally strokes, from the Roman quarry station at Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

8 III(?) Herakleides IIII Pamineis II Psentaesis I Nilos I Dioskoros IIII Sarapion son of Apol(...) I[…] Sarapion son of Peter(...) […] Hermias [9] phrygonatoi (?) Herakleides signifer (?) Pietatis

The strokes before each name probably count units such as days or shifts. The final words seem to be Latin terms in Greek letters ("signifer", standard-bearer, and "Pietatis", perhaps a unit or name); "phrygonatoi" is obscure.

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.2.317

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

η III Ἡρακλείδης IIII Παμῖνεις II Ψενταῆσις I Νῖλος I Διόσκορος IIII Σαραπίων Ἀπολ I[…]Σαραπίων Πετερ […]Ἑρμίας θ φρυγονατοι Ἡρακλείδης σίγνεν Πιετατις