Account of expenses for sailors, conscripted workers and supplies TM 39756Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)Anfang VIII

Fragment of an account of expenses from Aphrodito in Upper Egypt, early 8th century AD, under Arab rule. It lists wages and upkeep of sailors for the fleet at Klysma, conscripted labourers for an embankment and (in a deleted line) for work on the mosque at Jerusalem, and purchases of papyrus and equipment.

In English machine translation

Angareutai were labourers requisitioned from the villages for state works; the deleted entry is a notable reference to work on the mosque in Jerusalem (Greek masgida). The ships at Klysma (near Suez) belonged to the caliphal fleet.

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