ναύβιον
ναύβιον, τό,
A). cubic measure in 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 (all iii B. C.), Arch.Pap. 6.132 (i A. D.), POxy. 669.11 (iii A. D.):—written ναούια ib. 1053 (vi/vii A. D.).
2). in sg., tax paid by landholders in lieu of digging so many ναύβια, 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.).