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κγ II Ἡρακλίδης III Διόσκορος I Νῖλος IIII Ἀπολινάρις II Ψενταῆσις III Σαραπίων Ἀπολ I Σαραπίων Περ IIII Ἑρμίας κδ φρυγονατοι Παμῖνεις σίγνεν Πακε
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29736
List of watchmen assigned to night watches TM 29736Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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An ostracon list of night watchmen (vigiles) at the quarry of Mons Claudianus in the Eastern Desert, mid-2nd century AD. For day 23 it assigns eight men to numbered watches (I to IIII), and a further entry for day 24 begins with an obscure word and a few names.
In English machine translation
23
II Herakleides
III Dioskoros
I Neilos
IIII Apolinaris
II Psentaesis
III Sarapion son of Apol(...)
I Sarapion son of Per(...)
IIII Hermias
24 frygonatoi (?)
Pamineis
signal (?)
Pake(...)
The Roman numerals mark the four watches of the night, and the numbers 23 and 24 are probably days of the month. The words 'frygonatoi' and 'signen' (perhaps Latin signum, a signal or watchword) are uncertain in meaning.
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.