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p.oxy.12.1450 249 - 250Oxyrhynchos

Estimate of Repairing a Public Building via HGV-meta

Architect's cost estimate for repairing an exedra and ball-court. Fragmentary estimate submitted by an architect for the repair of a public building at Oxyrhynchus, including an exedra and a ball-court, listing costs of materials and labour with clauses allowing for variation in the final cost. It dates to the first year of the emperor Decius (AD 249-250). machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]… ἐμβαδικῶν πηχῶν σπγ ἐπὶ […] […]πρῖσιν τῶν δοκῶν καὶ ἐπι[…] […]πας ἢ αὔξας οἰκοδόμοις καὶ ἐργάταις[…]…ας […]ωτου τῶν ὀστράκων διὰ πηλοῦ δραχμὰς ρ, κονίας εἰς εὐ[…]τῆς ἐξέδρας ὅλης καὶ τοῦ σφαιριστηρίου ὅλου καμίνων […]ἐκ δραχμῶν πθ ὀβολοῦ, τῶν ε δραχμὰς υμε πεντώβολον κονιαταῖς σὺν ἐργατείᾳ […]τῆς ἐξέδρας καὶ τοῦ σφαιριστηρίου, ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ τάλαντα […]ς […] καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῆς ἐπιστεγώσεως […] […] γραφῶν καὶ στεγώσεων ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον ἢ ἔλαττον τάλαντα[…]δραχμάς α`[…], καὶ […] τοπικῶν εἰδῶν τῆς ἐπισκευῆς τοῦ[…]υ […]ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον ἢ ἔλαττον τάλαντα ϛ δραχμὰς χν, […]ἐπὶ τὸ πλεῖον ἢ ἔλαττον, ἥτις καὶ ἐπάνω δεδήλωται ἐκ συνόψεως[…]στεγώσεων ἐγένετο, τινῶν δὲ πρὸς τὰς νῦν οὔσας […]α κατʼ ἀλλήλους εἶναι ταῖς τιμαῖς καὶ τοῖς μισθοῖς. εἰ δὲ […]μενον […]εσθαι διά τε ἀσφάλειαν ἢ εὐμορφίαν, ὃ […] καὶ […], ὃ ἀναγκαίως προσγίνεσθαι εἴωθε […]ρ[…]αι ἐν τῇ συνόψει ἢ ὀλίγον ἀντὶ πλείονος συν[…]ς. εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν προκειμένων εἰδῶν μὴ ἐνε[…] ἢ καὶ τῶν ἐνγεγραμμένων ἐν ταῖς συνόψεσι […]ς ἐκ τοῦ τῆς συνόψεως κεφαλαίου κουφισθήσεται […]εἰ δὲ ποτὲ μὲν αὔξονται, ποτὲ δὲ μειοῦνται ἤτοι ἐκ προτροπῆς[…]ἢ ἐξ εὐσχολίας τεχνιτῶν ἢ καὶ ἐκλημπτόρων ἢ […] ἢ μὴ εὐσχολούντων κατʼ ἀνάγκην πλείονος […]τῶν προεστώτων ἢ καὶ ἐπιμελουμένων τῶν ἔργων […] ἔτους α Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Γαίου Μεσσίου Κυίντου Τραιανοῦ Δεκίου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ […]ἀρχιτέκτων ἐπιδέδωκα.

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[...] [...] ... 283 square cubits at [...] [...] sawing of the beams and [...] [...] or increasing (?), to builders and workmen [...] [...] of the potsherds with clay 100 drachmas; lime for [...] of the whole exedra and the whole ball-court, of kilns [...] at 89 drachmas 1 obol, for the 5, 445 drachmas 5 obols, to plasterers, together with labour [...] of the exedra and the ball-court, in total [...] talents [...] and of the other items of the roofing [...] [...] of paintings (?) and roofings, more or less [...] talents [...] 1[...] drachmas, and [...] of local materials for the repair of the [...] [...] more or less 6 talents 650 drachmas, [...] more or less, which has also been declared above from the summary [...] of roofings was made, and of some, in comparison with those now existing [...] to be in agreement with one another in prices and wages. But if [...] for the sake of either safety or good appearance, which [...] and [...], which usually and necessarily is added [...] in the summary, or a little instead of more [...]. And if any of the aforesaid items are not [...] or of those entered in the summaries [...] will be deducted from the total of the summary [...] but if they are at times increased and at times reduced, either by instruction [...] or by the availability of craftsmen or contractors or [...] or when they are not available, of necessity more [...] of the superintendents or the overseers of the works [...] Year 1 of Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix Augustus [...], architect, have submitted (this).

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