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κζ IIII Ἡρακλίδης II Παμῖνεις I Διόσκορος III Νῖλος II Ψενταῆσις III Σαραπίων Ἀπολ IIII Σαραπίων Περ I Ἑρμίας κη φρυγονατοι Νῖλος σίγνεν Φορτούνα
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29738
Roster of night watchmen with watchword TM 29738Mons ClaudianusMitte II
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A list of men assigned to night-watch duty at the Roman quarry settlement of Mons Claudianus in Egypt's Eastern Desert, written on a potsherd in the mid-2nd century AD. Each name for the 27th of the month carries a stroke count, probably marking the watch shift; the entry for the 28th names Nilos and gives the watchword 'Fortuna'.
In English machine translation
27th
IIII Herakleides
II Pamineis
I Dioskoros
III Nilos
II Psentaesis
III Sarapion son of Apol(lo-)
IIII Sarapion son of Per(...)
I Hermias
28th, those keeping watch (?)
Nilos
Watchword (signum):
Fortuna
The vertical strokes probably indicate the watch (first to fourth) each man kept. 'Phrygonatoi' is read by the editors as a phonetic spelling of a word for watchmen, and 'signen' renders Latin signum, the military password, here 'Fortuna'.
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.