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p.cair.zen.5.59847 Mitte III v.Chr.Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)

Estimate of the cost of painting windows via HGV-meta

Estimate of the cost of painting windows in the king's lodging. A cost estimate for encaustic painting of the windows in the king's lodging, specifying colours (red ochre, blue, violet, wood-colour, bitumen) for different rooms and the price per window, with a list of materials needed. It comes from the Zenon archive, mid-3rd century BC, probably Philadelphia in the Fayum. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[1] ἐν τῶι καταλύματι τοῦ βασιλέως· τὰς θυρίδας τὰς ἐν τοῖς παροδίοις τοίχοις οὔσας κανονωτὰς καὶ τὰς εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν βλεπούσας γείνονται εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ λη ἐγκαῦσαι τὰ πλάγια μίλτωι, τὰ δʼ ἀντία κυάνωι, τὰ δὲ πλινθεῖα ξυλοειδεῖ, τὰ δʼ ὠτία τῶν ἐχουσῶν ἀσφάλτωι· σὺν ἀνηλώματι καὶ μισθῶι εἰς ἑκάστην θυρίδα δραχμὴ α ἡμιώβελιον , καὶ τὰς θυρίδας τὰς τοῦ ὑδροψυκτίου οὔσας β κομβάλια τὰ μὲν καμμάλια ἐγκαύσει ἴωι, τὸν δέ σταθμὸν ἐγκαύσει ξυλοειδεῖ καὶ τὰ πλάγια· ἀνήλωμα καὶ μισθὸς εἰς ἑκάστην θυρίδα δραχμαὶ γ τετρώβολον ἡμιωβέλιον. εἰς ταῦτα κηροῦ μναῖ ιε τιμὴ δραχμαὶ ι, καὶ ἀσφάλτου μναῖ β τιμὴ δραχμαὶ β, μίλτου 𐅵 τιμὴ διώβολον, πίσσης κοτύλαι γ τιμη[…], κυάνου […]τιμὴ δραχμὴ α [2] τὰς θυρίδας τὰς ἐν τῆι ἐξέδραι οὔσας τέσσαρας ἐνκαῦσαι τοὺς κανόνας αὐτῶν ἴωι καὶ τὰ πλινθεῖα ξυλοειδεῖ· εἰς ἑκάστην ἀνήλωμα καὶ μισθῶι δραχμὴ α ἡμιώβελιον χαλκός 1. καὶ τὰς τοῦ οἴκου οὔσας β κανονωτὰς τὰ ἔσω βλέποντα ἐνκαῦσαι ξυλοειδεῖ τοὺς κανόνας καὶ τὰ πλινθεῖα· εἰς ἑκάστην ἀνήλωμα καὶ μισθὸς δραχμὴ α ὀβολὸς ἡμιωβέλιον καὶ τοῦ κοιτῶνος θυρίδας κανονωτὰς τὰ ἔσω βλέποντα οὔσας η ἐνκαῦσαι ξυλοειδεῖ τοὺς κανόνας καὶ τὰ πλινθεῖα· ἀνήλωμα εἰς ἑκάστην καὶ μισθὸς δραχμὴ α ἡμιώβελιον [… ? lines lost …]

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[1] In the king's lodging: the windows that are in the side (passage) walls, with frames (?), and those looking onto the courtyard, together amounting to 38: to encaustic-paint the sides with red ochre, the fronts with blue, the sills (?) in wood-colour, and the ears (?) of those that have them with bitumen; with materials and wages, for each window 1 drachma 1/2 obol; and the windows of the cooling-room, being 2: the lattice-bars (?) he will paint with violet, the frame he will paint in wood-colour, and the sides likewise; materials and wages for each window 3 drachmas 4 1/2 obols. For this: wax 15 minas, cost 10 drachmas, and bitumen 2 minas, cost 2 drachmas, red ochre 1/2 (mina), cost 2 obols, pitch 3 kotylai, cost […], blue […] cost 1 drachma. [2] The windows in the exedra, being four: to encaustic-paint their frames with violet and the sills (?) in wood-colour; for each, materials and wages 1 drachma 1/2 obol 1 chalkous. And those of the room, being 2, with frames, the parts looking inward: to paint the frames and the sills (?) in wood-colour; for each, materials and wages 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols. And of the bedroom, the framed windows, the parts looking inward, being 8: to paint the frames and the sills (?) in wood-colour; materials for each and wages 1 drachma 1/2 obol. […]

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Found at Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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