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ιθ II Ἡρακλίδης III Ἀπολινάρις I Παμῖνεις IIII Ἑρμίας III Σαραπίων Περ IIII Διόσκορος II Ψενταῆσις I Νῖλος κ φρυγονατοι Νῖλος σίγνεν [… ? lines lost …]
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List of watchmen with watch numbers and watchword TM 29733Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A list of night-watch personnel from the Roman quarry station at Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, with Roman numerals (probably watch numbers) beside each name. It ends with a total and a reference to the watchword (signum), and dates to the middle of the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[19]
[2] Herakleides
3 Apollinaris
1 Paminis
4 Hermias
3 Sarapion Per(...)
4 Dioskoros
2 Psentaesis
1 Nilos
20 phryganatoi (?)
Nilos
signum
[…]
The numerals I to IIII likely indicate the night watch assigned to each man. 'Signen' is a Greek transcription of Latin signum, the watchword; 'phryganatoi' (?) may refer to brushwood gatherers or a similar group, and its sense 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 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.