DDbDP transcription: sb.20.14624 [xml]
258-256 BC Philadelphia
[Reprinted from: sb.5.8243] SB 5,8243
[δύναται] ἡ νῆσος περιχωσθῆναι μετὰ τὸν θε[ρισμὸν]
[ἐν ἡμέρ]α̣ις ξ, ἐὰν δοθῆι σῖτος παλαιὸς ταλ(άντων) ι̣ τ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ κ]ατὰ νομαρχίαν σώμασιν (μυριὰς) α Ε ἑκά[στωι ἀνὰ (?)]
5[δραχμῶ]ν τεσσάρων καὶ σκαφεῖα Ε καὶ λιθ[ -ca.?- ]
[ὥστʼ εἷνα]ι τὸ λοι̣πὸν τοῦ ἐσομένου ἀναλώματ̣[ος -ca.?- ]
[εἰς τὸ περ]ίχωμ̣α τά(λαντα) ϛ. ἀπὸ δὲ τούτων ἕως κα[ταβάσεως (?)]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]μευσιν καταλαβόντες τὰς ἐγβολ[ὰς τὰς -ca.?- ]
[εἰς τὸν ποτα]μὸμ(*) φερούσας καὶ τὰς ἀφ[έσ]εις ε̣[ -ca.?- ]
10[- ca.11 -] ̣ινας γενέσθαι παρέξομεν τ[ -ca.?- ]
[- ca.11 -]ν ἤδη πλήρη διὰ παντὸς ὥσ[τε -ca.?- ]
[- ca.11 - ἕ]ω̣ς οὗ ἂν χρείαν ἔχηις ταξ[ -ca.?- ]
\γῆς/
[- ca.12 -] ̣ ̣ εἰς τὰ λοιπὰ ἔτη τὴμ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
15εὐτύχει
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APIS Translation (English)
To Apollonios the dioiketes, Kalligenesgreeting. [- - -] ;The island [can] be embanked after the harvest [- - -] in 60 days, if old wheat is given for 10 talents [- - -] to the workmen, [divided] according to nomarchy [and numbering] 15,000, at 4 drachmai each, and 5,000 mattocks and . . . stone-[. . .], so that(?) the rest of the expense to be made for the embankment will be 6 talents. From then(?) until the retreat [of the Nile(?) - - - occupying the outlets leading to the river and the sluices [- - -] we will provide the [- - -] being full already all the time so that [- - -] as long as you need [- - -] for the remaining years [- - -]. Farewell.