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Account of ship-building materials requisitioned from Aphrodito for Babylon TM 39757Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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An account of materials and their value in gold solidi requisitioned from Aphrodito and its associated districts and hamlets for building, repairing and equipping river boats kept on the island of Babylon (near Cairo). It itemizes acacia and palm timber, oil, ropes, mats, tow and sackcloth, with a grand total of 105 solidi.

In English machine translation

[recto] [A] […] materials on account of ⟦maintenance and equipment⟧ construction and repair and maintenance and equipment of karaboi, akatenaria, dromonaria and other (ships) that are within the island of Babylon: […] of the village of Aphrodito, 42 1/2 solidi, as follows: acacia logs 20, 20 solidi; sycamore […] 4, 1 1/3 solidi; oil 7 measures, 2 1/2 1/3 1/12 solidi; sebennina (palm-fibre) anchor-ropes 3, 3 1/2 solidi; light sebennina 2, 1 1/3 solidi; light tow-rope 1, 1 solidus; small ropes 50, 2 1/12 solidi; masert 1, 1 1/2 1/3 solidi; mats (?) 28, 7 solidi; tow 2 centenaria, 1 1/2 solidi. 5th Pediades, 15 solidi: acacia logs 4, 4 solidi; split palm beams 3, 1 solidus; mats (?) 40, 10 solidi. 3rd Pediades, 8 solidi: acacia logs 2, 2 solidi; mats (?) 24, 6 solidi. 2nd Pediades, 5 1/2 1/3 solidi: […] 1, 1 solidus; split (beam) 1, 1/3 solidus; mats (?) 18, 4 1/2 solidi. [People of Hagia Maria, 1 2/3 solidi:] 2, 2/3 solidus; 4, 1 solidus. [Pakaunis, 22 solidi:] 6, 6 solidi; split (beams) 3, 1 solidus; 56, 14 solidi; stakes 6, 1 solidus. […] 11, 2 1/2 solidi; 4 […] […] Keramion, 1 1/3 solidi: [1 solidus …] Poimen, 2/3 solidus: 2, [2/3 solidus]. Hagios Pinoution, 1 1/2 solidi: sackcloth 6 centenaria, 1 1/2 solidi. […] [1 solidus …] 4; 1, 1/4 solidus; 4 centenaria, 1 solidus. […] 2 centenaria, 1/2 solidus. […] 1, 1/3 solidus; 6, 1 1/2 solidi. Hagia Maria, 1/2 solidus: 2, 1/2 solidus. Total 105 solidi: acacia logs 33, 33 solidi; sycamore […] 4, 1 1/3 solidi; oil 7 measures, 2 1/2 1/3 1/12 solidi; sebennina anchor-ropes 3, 3 1/2 solidi; light sebennina 2, 1 1/3 solidi; light tow-rope, 1 solidus; small ropes 50, 2 1/12 solidi; masert 1, 1 1/2 1/3 solidi; mats (?) 182, 45 1/2 solidi; tow 2 centenaria, 1 1/2 solidi; split palm beams 15, 5 solidi; stakes 6, 1 solidus; sackcloth 20 centenaria, 5 solidi.

Karaboi, akatenaria and dromonaria are types of Arab-period vessels with no exact English equivalents; 'masert' is an untranslated (probably Coptic) term. The 'Pediades' are numbered rural districts of Aphrodito.

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.

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