Fragment of account
A fragmentary account concerning the woodwork and painting of a large house.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1391
Account of carpentry work in the house of Diotimos TM 1391Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A fragmentary itemized account of carpentry work carried out by Semtheus on the first storey of the house of Diotimos. It comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
The itemized list of the carpentry works completed in the [house] of Diotimos by Semtheus, for the first storey (?) […]
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[verso]
2 cubits.
The Greek stegē can mean a roof or ceiling as well as a storey, so 'first storey' is uncertain. Diotimos was probably the dioiketes' official of that name known from the Zenon archive.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.4.59766
[r] τὸ καθʼ ἓν τῶν τεκτονικῶν ἔργων τῶν συντετελεσμένων ἐν τοῖς Διοτίμου διὰ Σεμθέως εἰς τὴν πρώτην στέγην […] […]ο…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [v] πήχεις β.