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p.cair.zen.1.59054 ca. 19. Apr. 257 v.Chr.Alexandria

List of articles required for a voyage via HGV-meta

Memorandum to Zenon listing equipment for a boat journey. A memorandum to Zenon, the agent of the finance minister Apollonios, listing what had to be prepared for a journey by boat: four cut-to-measure awnings or covers each for a kerkouros and a kubaia, plus curtains, a tent, chests, weapons, cushions and papyrus rolls. It was written around April 257 BC, probably at Alexandria, and accompanied a letter of Amyntas. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r,1] ὑπόμνημα Ζήνωνι ὧν δεῖ κατασκευασθῆναι εἰς τὸν κέρκουρον. πρυμνητικὴ μῆκος πηχῶν ια πλάτος πηχῶν ϛ 𐅵 ἔχουσα συναγωγὴν εἰς πήχεις γ τοῦ ἄκρου συνοξῦναι τοῦ περὶ τὴν πρύμναν πλάτος πήχεις β 𐅵 ἄλλη μῆκος πηχῶν ι πλάτος πηχῶν ϛ 𐅵 ἄλλη μῆκος πηχῶν ια πλάτος πηχῶν ϛ 𐅵 ἄλλη πρῳρατικὴ μῆκος πηχῶν η συνοξῦναι περὶ τὴν πρῷραν ἐπὶ πήχεις ϛ τοῦ ἄκρου πλάτος πήχεις β 𐅵 κυβαίας. πρυμνητικὴ μῆκος πήχεις ια πλάτος πήχεις ζ 𐅵 συναγωγὴν ἔχουσα ἐπὶ πήχεις γ πλάτος τῆς συναγωγῆς πήχεις β 𐅵 ἄλλη μῆκος πηχῶν ι πλάτος πήχεις ζ 𐅵 ἄλλη μῆκος πηχῶν ια πλάτος πηχῶν ζ 𐅵 πρῳρατικὴ μῆκος πηχῶν η πλάτος πηχῶν ζ 𐅵 [r,2] αὐλαίαν λινῆν μάλιστα μὲν οὖσαν εἰς ἑξήκοντα πήχεις, εἰ δὲ μή, ὁπόσων ἂν ὦσιν ῥίσκον χωροῦντα ὅσον στολὰς δέκα ἄλλον ἐλάσσω σκηνὴν μάλιστα μὲν πεντακλινικήν ἐὰν δὲ μικρῶι ἐλάσσων ἦι, μηθέν σοι διαφερέτω αὐλαίαν ἐρεᾶν θόλωι μῆκος πηχῶν κϛ πλάτος πήχεις γ 𐅵 ἀριστοφόρον μεῖζον θυρεοὺς β μαχαίρας σιδηροκολέους β σκυτοκολέους β […]κους … ὑπηρέσια κερκούρου κ […]ρτην α χάρτας ἐγδοῦναι πεντηκοντακόλλους ν καὶ τῶν νῦν γινομένων χρηστοὺς ρ [v] [… 3 lines lost …] […]Ἕρμων. Ζήνωνι ὑπόμνημα.

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[recto, column 1] [Memorandum to Zenon] Of the things that must be prepared for the kerkouros: A stern piece (?), length 11 cubits, width 6 1/2 cubits, having a tapering over 3 cubits, to taper the end at the stern to a width of 2 1/2 cubits. Another, length 10 cubits, width 6 1/2 cubits. Another, length 11 cubits, width 6 1/2 cubits. Another, a bow piece, length 8 cubits, to taper at the bow over 6 cubits, the end to a width of 2 1/2 cubits. For the kubaia: A stern piece, length 11 cubits, width 7 1/2 cubits, having a tapering over 3 cubits, width of the tapering 2 1/2 cubits. Another, length 10 cubits, width 7 1/2 cubits. Another, length 11 cubits, width 7 1/2 cubits. A bow piece, length 8 cubits, width 7 1/2 cubits. [column 2] [A linen curtain, preferably] of sixty cubits, or if not, as many as there are. A trunk holding as much as ten garments, another smaller one. A tent, preferably for five couches; but if it is a little smaller, it should make no difference to you. A woollen curtain for a vaulted cabin, length 26 cubits, width 3 1/2 cubits. A larger lunch basket. 2 shields. 2 swords with iron scabbards, 2 with leather scabbards. […] 20 cushions for the kerkouros. […] 1. To issue 50 papyrus rolls of fifty sheets each, and of those now being made, 100 good ones. […] […] Hermon. [verso] To Zenon. Memorandum.

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