ναύβιον,τό,
A. cubic measurein Egypt, with side=two royal cubits (in Roman times, three cubits), used with application to earth as a unit of labour, in pl., PLille 1r . 11 , Wilcken Chr. 385.8 , PPetr. 3pp.80,290 , Ostr.Bodl. i 244 (alliii B. C.), Arch.Pap. 6.132
(i A. D.), POxy. 669.11
(iii A. D.):—writtenναούιαib. 1053
(vi/vii A. D.).
2. in sg., tax paid by landholders in lieu of digging so manyναύβια, PTeb. 5.15
(ii B. C.);ν. κατοίκων, ἐναφεσίων, BGU 662
(ii A. D.), PTeb. 352
(ii A. D.).
3. perh. another tax, Ostr. 1396
(i A. D.), Ostr.Bodl. iii 84
(i A. D.).