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List of watchmen with numbers and watchword TM 29730Mons ClaudianusMitte II

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A short ostracon list of watchmen (vigiles) from the Roman quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus, giving personal names with numerals, probably counts of watches or days. It ends with a note apparently about a watchword given to Victor. It dates to the mid-2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[13] […] Sarapion […] […] Herakleides 1 Sarapion […] 2 Pamines 4 Psentaesis 2 Nilos 3 Apolinaris 1 Dioskoros 14 phrygonatoi (?) Hermias signen to Victor

The word read 'phrygonatoi' is obscure. 'Signen' seems to be a phonetic spelling of Latin 'signum' (watchword), and Victor may be its recipient or the watchword itself.

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.2.322

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

ιγ […] Σαραπίων[…] […] Ἡρακλίδης I Σαραπίων[…] II Παμῖνεις IIII Ψενταῆσις II Νῖλος III Ἀπολινάρις I Διόσκορος ιδ φρυγονατοι Ἑρμίας σίγνεν Οὐίκτωρι