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γόμφους. The ‘long bolts at frequent intervals’ (πυκνούς) were, so to speak, the string, on which the short pieces were ‘strung’; they were driven in vertically to the layers.

περιείρω is a ἅπαξ λεγ.

ζυγά. The ‘cross-pieces’ served at once to hold the framework together, and as a sort of deck.

ἁρμονίας; the ‘joins’ were ‘caulked’ with the fibre of the papyrus, which would then be fixed with tar.

ἐν ὦν ἐπάκτωσαν: for the aorist and the tmesis cf. 39. 2 n.

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