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[r] […]επ[…] τῳ κυρ[…]…[…] ἀρχιδιακόνῳ ἔργον γενάμενον διὰ Ψεείου ἐπιστάτου ποταμιτῶν ναύβια τεσσαράκοντα πέντε γίνονται νομισμάτιον ἓν ογδω ν ναύβι Μεσορὴ α ἀρχῇ τρίτης ἰνδικτίωνος διʼ ἐμοῦ Παπνουθίου [v] † Μεσορὴ[…] …
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9872
Receipt for 45 naubia of earthwork done through Pseeios TM 9872Arsinoites (?)
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A short receipt or record of earthwork, probably from the Arsinoite nome, addressed to an archdeacon. It records 45 naubia of work carried out through Pseeios, overseer of the river-workers, valued in connection with one solidus. It is dated Mesore 1 at the beginning of the third indiction and was issued through Papnouthios.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
to the lord […] archdeacon (?)
Work done through Pseeios, overseer of the river-workers (?): 45 naubia, total 45 naubia (?), 1 solidus […] naubia (?).
Mesore 1, beginning of the third indiction.
Through me, Papnouthios.
[verso]
† Mesore […]
A naubion was a unit of earthwork (volume of soil dug or moved) used for dikes and canals. The line after the solidus is garbled and its sense is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über 45 Naubia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.