Statement
Statement of the stones used in building the church of St. Philoxenus, and of some other details of work. The stones are commonly reckoned in series of fifties, which are afterwards added together.
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Mason's account of stones for the church of Saint Philoxenos TM 37925Oxyrhynchus6th or 7th century
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An account of stones measured by the stonecutter Phileas for the building of the church of Saint Philoxenos at Oxyrhynchus, with counts of stones by course, capitals, bases, and decorative work on arches and doors. It ends with payment to the builder Victor. Dated Tybi 14 of a 13th indiction, in the 6th or 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Statement of stones measured in the building of Saint Philoxenos by Phileas the stonecutter, Tybi 14, indiction 13, as follows:
[…] of the course of the […], stones 50, 50, 50, 50, others 50, 50, 50, 35, others of the course of Thomas, stones 187, total stones […], of the capitals 2057 (?),
others 50, 45, total stones 95, other stones 346, others 328, others 50, 50, 50, 42, total stones 192, others of course 5, stones 960, others 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 12, total stones 262.
In the gateway, of course 1, stones 50, 29, stones 79, others of course 5, stones 395, other stones 50, 12, stones 62, others of course 2, stones 124, other stones 50, 57, stones 107,
others 50, 24, total stones 74, other stones 74, others 50, 23, total stones 73, other stones 73, others 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 57, total stones 507, other stones 72, others 50, 50, 50,
50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 24, total stones 974.
Capitals 88, likewise 25 (?) capitals 32, total capitals 120. And of bases 120, and for the windings (?) of the arches, workmen 18.
Measurements of the decorations of the arches, 19 at 7 cubits each, 133 cubits; and of the decorations of the doors, 8 at 4 cubits, 32 cubits.
The work, to Victor the builder, 125 carats; at 40 carats to 1 1/2 solidus including expenses, 4 1/2 solidi less 48 (?).
Stones are counted in repeated batches of 50 and then totalled; 'course' (domos) is a layer of masonry. The final payment line, using carats (charagmata) and solidi, is uncertain in its arithmetic.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mason’s 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.oxy.16.2041
† γνῶσις λίθων μετρηθέντων ἐν τῇ οἰκοδομῇ τοῦ ἁγίου Φιλοξένου διὰ Φιλέου λαοξόου Τῦβι ιδ ἰνδικτίονος ιγ, οὕτως· […] δόμου τοῦ β…ε… λίθοι ν ν ν ν , ἄλλοι ν ν ν λε, ἄλλοι δόμου Θωμᾶ λίθοι ρπζ, γίνονται λίθοι …, τῶν κεφαλίδων Βνζ, ἄλλοι ν με γίνονται λίθοι ϙε, ἄλλοι λίθοι τμϛ, ἄλλοι…