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bgu.21.2897

List of items for the repair of ships via HGV-meta

List of materials and wages for repairing two boats. A short list of materials and labour costs for repairing two boats, one belonging to Pataesis and one to Apollos, including pitch, cypress wood, nails, oil, and wages for a shipwright and a sawyer. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 6th century AD. machine translation

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Transcription

γνῶσις πλοίου Παταήσιος † οὕτως † λαγύνια πίσσης ιε κυπαρίσσινον α ἡλάρια καὶ λεπίδια νομισμάτια ε σαγγάθου καὶ ἐλαίου νομισμάτιον α μισθοῦ ναυπηγοῦ νομισμάτια β πρίστου νομισμάτιον 𐅷 πλοίου Ἀπολλῶ λαγύνια πίσσης ιε κυπαρίσσινον α ἡλαρίων καὶ λεπιδίων κεντηνάρια β𐅵 σαγγάθου καὶ ἐλαίου νομισμάτια β μισθοῦ ναυπηγοῦ νομισμάτια δ πρίστου νομισμάτια αγ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
List for the boat of Pataesis † as follows: † 15 jars of pitch 1 cypress wood (beam?) nails and (metal) plates: 5 solidi for oakum (?) and oil: 1 solidus wage of the shipwright: 2 solidi of the sawyer: 1/2 solidus For the boat of Apollo(s): 15 jars of pitch 1 cypress wood (beam?) nails and (metal) plates: 2 1/2 centenaria for oakum (?) and oil: 2 solidi wage of the shipwright: 4 solidi of the sawyer: 1 2/3 (?) solidi

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