Fragmentary Text (Account or List)
Account or list (concerning work on the embankments)
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Fragmentary ostracon heading a list of men's names, introduced as a statement or account submitted through a certain Ptolem[…]. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
The opening word ekthesis (for ekthesis, a statement or exposition) is followed by a broken word, perhaps related to embankment work (anabolos), as the museum description suggests. One museum record dates the piece more broadly to the 3rd century AD.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragmentary Text). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Account or list (concerning work on the embankments)
ἔχθεσις ἀνα[…] διὰ Πτολεμ[…] Ἀσκλᾶ […] Πεμετᾶ Ἀλεξάνδρου[…] Σαταβοῦς […] Νεῖλος […] Τιθιόει […] Ὁρπαμῆ […] […]λα […] [… ? lines lost …]
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