Fragment of a letter or memorandum
A fragment of a letter or memorandum about boat-building and payment of the workmen. They seem to have been repairing a boat and to have been about to build a small boat for towing astern.
One text, 3 sources
Trismegistos-Text 1279
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
p.cair.zen.4.59648
τοῦ πλοίου ἄγοντα σώματα β, ἵνα μὴ ὑπὸ κροκοδίλουκορκοδίλου ἁλῶι ναύτης· τὸ γὰρ πλοῖ ον α ἐστίν· ἔχομεν γὰρ ξύλα ἱκανὰ πρὸς τῶι ὅρμωι, ὥστε οὐ προσδεησόμεθα. αἰ τοῦσιαξιουσι δέ με οἱ ναυπηγοὶ κάτεργον αὐτῶν δραχμὰς β καὶ πυρῶν ἀρτάβας β. ἐγὼ οὖν δώσω αὐτοῖς πυρῶν ἀρτάβην α, σὺ δὲ…