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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.
The meaning of sangathon is uncertain; it may be a caulking material such as oakum. The second boat's nails and plates are measured in centenaria (hundredweights) rather than priced in solidi, and the sawyer's figure 'α γ' is read here as 1 2/3.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of items for the repair of ships). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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 ἐ…
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