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Report of dyke-overseers on earthwork done on the dyke of Dioitos TM 33610Oxyrhynchosca. 336 (?)

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A report by dyke-overseers of the plains of Kerkemounis in the 1st pagus of the Oxyrhynchite nome, accounting for 60 naubia of earthwork done on the dyke of Dioitos during Phamenoth, broken down by hamlet and by five-day period. It was submitted on Phamenoth 30, around AD 336, by Aurelii Paallos and Thonis (with a scribe writing for them) and co-signed by Hatres and Horos.

In English machine translation

[…] […] son of Sarapion […] […] from the village of Talao, logographoi (?) and […] […] both from the hamlet of Trigyon, dyke-overseers of the plains of Kerkemounis, 1st pagus. [Account] of the five-day periods of naubia completed through us in this month of Phamenoth [on the] dyke [indicated below], naubia 60, [on the dyke] called of Dioitos, [which] were heaped up by the hamlet-dwellers [per] head as follows: [hamlet] of Trigyon, (holding) of Cornelianus, naubia 10 hamlet of Olympias, northern, naubia 10 the same hamlet, southern, naubia 10 hamlet of Kelchoupet, (holding) of Eulogios son of Matrinos, naubia 10 hamlet of Lenon, naubia 10 hamlet of Polemon, (holding) of Achilleus son of Asklepiades, naubia 10 the aforesaid, which were also completed as follows: from the 1st to the 5th, naubia 10 from the 16th to the 20th, naubia 10 from the 6th to the 10th, naubia 10 from the 21st to the 25th, naubia 10 from the 11th to the 15th, naubia 10 from the 26th to the 30th, naubia 10. In the aforesaid consulship, Phamenoth 30. We, [Aurelii] Paallos and Thonis, have submitted (this). I, Aurelius Heron, wrote [on their behalf] since they do not know letters. I, Aurelius Hatres, have submitted jointly. I, Aurelius Horos, have submitted jointly.

A naubion is a unit of earth moved in dyke work, both a volume measure and a labour obligation. The six five-day totals sum to the 60 naubia, ten from each hamlet.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report Concerning Work on Dykes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · ca. 336 (?) · Oxyrhynchos

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