p.monts.roca.4.83r
[r] [… ? lines lost …] […] τῷ ἐπιστάτῃ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου μέχρι δύσεως καὶ ἐκτελοῦντα πάντα τὰ ἐπιτραπησόμενα αὐτῷ ἔργα ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπιστάτου ἀνήκοντα τῇ δηλουμένῃ τέχνῃ τρεφόμενον [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219252
Fragment of an apprenticeship contract TM 219252OxyrhynchosIII - IV
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Fragment of an apprenticeship contract specifying that the apprentice is to serve the master daily from sunrise to sunset and perform all tasks of the craft assigned to him, receiving his food. It comes from Oxyrhynchus and dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] to the master every day from sunrise until sunset, and carrying out all the tasks to be entrusted to him by the master that belong to the stated craft, being fed […]
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The Greek term rendered 'master' (epistates) is the craftsman supervising the apprentice. The craft itself is not named in the surviving lines.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Apprenticeship contract). 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.monts.roca.4.83v
[v] [… ? lines lost …] Αὐρήλιος ‘Hλίας π[…]σεσ[…]…[…] τῶν ἐρίων ὁλκῆς ταλάντ[…] […] πλήρη καὶ ἀποδώσω ὁ […] καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα.