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p.oxy.41.2971 11. März 66Oxyrhynchos

Contract of Apprenticeship via HGV-meta

Apprenticeship of a boy to a weaver. An apprenticeship contract from Oxyrhynchus in AD 66 in which Taseus places her under-age son Heraklas with the weaver Seuthes son of Diogenes for two and a half years to learn weaving. Seuthes will feed, clothe and teach the boy, pay his taxes, and give him a tunic at the end, with provisions for holidays, missed days and penalties for breach. machine translation

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Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] ὁμολογοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις Τασεῦς Ἡρακλᾶτος μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ ἑαυτῆς ὁμογνησίου ἀδελφοῦ Σεύθου καὶ Σεύθης Διογένους τοῦ Διονυσίου γέρδιος ἡ μὲν Τασεῦς ἐκδεδόσθαι τῶι Σεύθῃ τὸν ἑαυτῆς υἱὸν Ἡρακλᾶν Ἀπολλω…[…] οὐδέπω ὄντα τῶν ἐτῶν πρὸς μάθησιν τῆς γερδιακῆς τέχνης ἐπʼ ἔτη δύο καὶ μῆνας ἓξ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνεστώσης ἡμέρας ποιοῦντα πάντα τὰ ἐπιτασσόμενα αὐτῶι ὑπὸ τοῦ Σεύθου κατὰ τὴν γερδιακὴν τέχνην. ὁ δὲ Σεύθης καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκδιδάξει τοῦτον καθὼς ἐπίσταται, τοῦ παιδὸς τρεφομένου καὶ ἱματιζομένου ὑπὸ τοῦ διδασκάλου Σεύθου, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Σεύθης διορθώσεται τὸ ὑπὲρ τοῦ παιδὸς χειρωνάξιον σὺν κατακρίματι τῶν δύο ἡμίσους ἐτῶν. ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῶι αὐτῶι χρόνωι ὁ παῖς ἀπαιτηθῇ λαογραφίαν ἢ χωματικὸν ἢ ὑικὴν ἔσται πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν Σεύθην. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Σεύθης, ἐὰν μὴ βούληται ὁ παῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ διδασκάλου τρέφεσθαι, χορηγήσει τῇ Τασεῦτι ὑπὲρ τῶν τούτου τροφείων κατὰ μῆνα ἕκαστον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πέντε καὶ μετὰ τὸν χρόνον δώσει τῶι παιδὶ ὑπάγοντι χιτῶνα ἄξιον δραχμῶν δεκαδύο ἢ αὐτὰς τὰς δραχμὰς δεκαδύο. ἀργήσει δὲ ὁ παῖς [… ? lines lost …] […]… Ἀμεσυσίοις […]… ὅσας δʼ ἂν μετὰ ταύτας ὁ παῖς ἀργήσῃ, ἐπὶ τὰς ἴσας αὐτὸν παρέξεται ἡ Τασεῦς μετὰ τὸν χρόνον ἢ ἀποτεισάτω ἑκάστης ἡμέρας δραχμὴν μίαν, τοῦ δὲ ἀποσπασθῆναι πρὸ τοῦ χρόνου ἐπίτιμον ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν καὶ εἰς τὸ δημόσιον τὰς ἴσας. ἐὰν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Σεύθης μὴ ἐκδιδάξῃ τὸν παῖδα ἐνεχέσθω τῷ ἴσωι ἐπιτίμῳ. κυρία ἡ διδασκαλική. ἔτους ιβ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, Φαμενὼθ ιε. Σεύθης Διογένους ἐκδιδάξω τὸν παῖδα καὶ ποιήσω καθότι πρόκιται. ἔτους ιβ Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, Φαμενὼθ ιε. [v] ὁμολ διδασκαλ

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Mutual agreement between Taseus daughter of Heraklas, with her guardian, her full brother Seuthes, and Seuthes son of Diogenes, grandson of Dionysios, weaver: Taseus, that she has apprenticed to Seuthes her son Heraklas son of Apollo…[…], not yet of age, to learn the weaver's trade for two years and six months from the present day, doing everything ordered of him by Seuthes in the weaver's trade. And Seuthes for his part shall teach him as he himself knows it, the boy being fed and clothed by the teacher Seuthes, and the same Seuthes shall pay the trade tax on behalf of the boy, together with the penalty assessment, for the two and a half years. And if in the same period the boy is required to pay poll tax or dike tax or pig tax, it shall be the responsibility of the same Seuthes. And the same Seuthes, if the boy does not wish to be fed by the teacher, shall supply to Taseus for his maintenance 5 silver drachmas each month, and after the term he shall give the boy on his departure a tunic worth 12 drachmas or the 12 drachmas themselves. The boy shall have as holidays […] […] at the Amesysia […]. As many days as the boy idles beyond these, Taseus shall produce him for an equal number after the term, or let her pay 1 drachma for each day; and for his being taken away before the term, a fine of 100 silver drachmas and the same amount to the public treasury. And if Seuthes himself does not teach the boy, let him be liable to the same fine. The teaching contract is valid. Year 12 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Phamenoth 15. I, Seuthes son of Diogenes, will teach the boy and will do as stated above. Year 12 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Phamenoth 15. [verso] Agreement, teaching (contract).

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