From 84063b5e2e8842fb71f1462346651805ca6bd7ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheRON Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 05:00:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] The Clay Bowl from Mine to Market --- docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md | 698 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 698 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md diff --git a/docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md b/docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31c9b80 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md @@ -0,0 +1,698 @@ +# Supply Chain — ARGILLA → VAS FICTILE +## The Clay Bowl from Mine to Market +### Document: SC-ARGILLA-0001 +### Date: 2026-05-07 +### Status: First draft — for review and extension +### Repository path: docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md + +--- + +## 0. Purpose of this document + +This is the first canonical supply chain map for CIVICVS. It traces a +single good — the fired clay vessel (VAS FICTILE) — from its origin in +a TESSERA H3 cell through every transformation, transport, labor, and +commercial node to its final sale and the obligations that follow. + +Every cost in this chain is expressed in token-grounded terms. Every node +is a relationship between existing corpus tokens. Where a token is missing, +the gap is named explicitly — those gaps become the next corpus additions. + +This document governs: +- The ANNALES activation rows for goods and supply chain tokens +- The OTIVM-V constants for transformation and barter mechanics +- The Dinarii calibration of labor wages and material costs +- The TESSERA resource modeling for clay deposits + +--- + +## 1. The good + +**Roman name:** VAS FICTILE — fired clay vessel. Also FIGLINVM, +OLLA (cooking pot), CRATER (mixing bowl), PATELLA (flat dish), +AMPULLA (small flask). For this supply chain: a standard domestic +bowl, the most common ceramic form in the Roman world. + +**Pattern classification:** `batch_craft` + +**Token status:** VAS FICTILE / FIGLINVM not yet in the 66-token corpus. +**Gap recorded:** goods token required — see Section 9. + +**Physical properties relevant to cost:** +- Weight per unit: approximately 0.5-1.0 libra (160-320g) for a + standard domestic bowl +- Fragility: high — transport loss rate significant +- Perishability: none — does not spoil +- Storage volume: moderate — stacks, but breakage risk in bulk +- Social register: ordinary domestic object + +--- + +## 2. The supply chain — overview + +``` +[1] TESSERA H3 cell + Clay deposit: volume, depth, extraction cost + +[2] EXTRACTION + Labor: MERCENNARIVS (bulk extraction) + Tool cost: picks, baskets, wooden frames + Output: raw ARGILLA by weight + +[3] TRANSPORT — mine to workshop + Via: VIA (road leg) or NAVIS (river/coastal if applicable) + Cost: VECTVRA (weight × distance) + Loss: breakage/spillage in transit (LOW) + Output: ARGILLA delivered at workshop + +[4] WORKSHOP — raw clay preparation + Labor: MERCENNARIVS (mixing, wedging, cleaning) + Water: local source or purchased + Space: LOCATIO (rented workshop) or owned (DOMINIVM) + Output: prepared clay body, ready for forming + +[5] FORMING + Labor: ARTIFEX (FIGVLVS — the potter) + Tool cost: wheel, forming tools (amortized) + Output: green (unfired) vessels, quantity per batch + +[6] DRYING + Space: workshop floor or drying area (included in LOCATIO) + Time: 1-3 days depending on season and humidity + Loss: cracking during drying — approximately 5-10% of batch + Output: dried vessels, ready for kiln + +[7] FIRING + Fuel: wood (LIGNVM) — significant cost + Kiln: LOCATIO (shared kiln) or owned + Labor: ARTIFEX or MERCENNARIVS (kiln tending) + Time: approximately 1 day firing + cooling + Loss: kiln failures — approximately 10-15% of batch + Output: fired vessels, finished goods + +[8] FINISHING AND SORTING + Labor: ARTIFEX or apprentice + Output: sorted by quality grade + — PRIMA (first quality): full sale price + — SECVNDA (second quality): reduced price, gift-appropriate at lower register + — FRACTA (cracked/damaged): scrap or very low price + +[9] GOODS ON HAND + Token state: VAS FICTILE held by FIGVLVS or merchant + DOMINIVM: producer until sold + POSSESSIO: producer or carrier + TABVLA entry: batch quantity, quality split, production cost recorded + +[10] TRANSPORT — workshop to market + Via: VIA (usually short, within city or to market town) + Cost: VECTVRA (weight × distance, lower than mine transport) + Loss: breakage in transit — approximately 3-5% + Packing: straw, baskets (additional cost) + Output: VAS FICTILE delivered at market or shop + +[11] SALE + Venue: taberna (shop), macellum (market), or direct from workshop + Price: PRETIVM (new, first quality) + Record: TABVLA entry, TESTIS if significant quantity + Transfer: DOMINIVM passes to buyer on payment + Used market: PRETIVM VSVS (second-hand price) + Gift register: see Section 7 + +[12] OBLIGATION CHAIN + If credit extended: DEBITVM created + Named date: DIES recorded in TABVLA + Settlement: SOLVERE on or before DIES + Default: MORA → VSVRA accrual → MVLCTA risk +``` + +--- + +## 3. Node-by-node cost analysis + +### Node 1 — TESSERA H3 cell: the clay deposit + +The clay deposit is a TESSERA resource with: +- `resource_type`: ARGILLA +- `volume_roman_cubic`: volume in Roman cubic feet (pes cubicus) + — 1 pes cubicus ≈ 0.0283 cubic meters + — a working deposit: 1,000–10,000 pedes cubici +- `depth_current`: current extraction depth in pedes +- `depth_max`: estimated maximum before deposit exhausted +- `h3_cell`: the specific H3 cell + +**Cost implication:** as depth increases, extraction labor increases +proportionally. A deposit at 5 pedes depth costs approximately 2x the +labor of one at 1 pes depth. At 20 pedes, the deposit may become +uneconomical without specialist equipment. + +**TESSERA gate:** `occ_flag` will eventually record whether this cell +has been worked in prior epochs. A cell worked in the late Republic +may have shallower remaining deposits than a fresh cell. + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- TESSERA (the substrate providing resource data) +- POSSESSIO (who holds extraction rights) +- DOMINIVM (who owns the land / deposit) +- LOCATIO (if extraction rights are leased) +- MVNVS (if state extraction obligations apply) + +**Missing token:** FVNDVS (land holding with resource rights) — +gap recorded in Section 9. + +--- + +### Node 2 — EXTRACTION + +**Labor:** MERCENNARIVS — unskilled bulk extraction. + +**Wage anchor:** +- Roman legionary base: 225 dn/year ÷ 365 = 0.616 dn/day +- MERCENNARIVS at subsistence: approximately 0.5 dn/day + (below legionary — unskilled, casual, no benefits) +- Confidence: LOW — placeholder pending corpus calibration + +``` +MERCENNARIVS_WAGE_DN_PER_DAY = 0.50 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Extraction rate:** approximately 0.5 cubic pes of clay per +MERCENNARIVS per day at shallow depth (1-3 pedes). +At depth 10 pedes: approximately 0.2 cubic pes per day. +At depth 20 pedes: approximately 0.1 cubic pes per day. + +**Weight yield:** 1 cubic pes of raw clay ≈ 100 librae (33 kg) +after cleaning and preparation loss of approximately 30%. +Net yield: approximately 70 librae of usable clay per cubic pes. + +**Tool cost:** picks, baskets, frames — amortized across extraction +batches. Approximately 0.05 dn per 100 librae extracted. LOW confidence. + +**Output per MERCENNARIVS day (shallow deposit):** +- Raw clay: approximately 50 librae (usable after preparation loss) +- Labor cost: 0.50 dn +- Tool cost: approximately 0.025 dn +- **Total extraction cost per 50 librae: approximately 0.525 dn** + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- MERCENNARIVS (the extraction labor) +- OPVS (the extraction task) +- LOCATIO (labor hire contract) +- DIES (named payment day for wages) + +--- + +### Node 3 — TRANSPORT: mine to workshop + +**Weight per batch:** assume a productive batch begins with +200 librae of raw clay (enough for approximately 60-80 bowls +before drying and firing loss). + +**Transport mode:** +- Overland: cart or pack animal (VIA) +- River: barge (NAVIS) if workshop is on a navigable waterway + +**VECTVRA rate (overland, cart):** +- The Edict of Diocletian gives rates for wagon transport. + Calibration documents anchor at approximately 0.5 dn per + 100 librae per Roman mile (mille passuum ≈ 1.48 km). + Confidence: LOW — Diocletian is late; earlier rates were higher. + +``` +VECTVRA_CART_DN_PER_100LB_PER_MILE = 0.50 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Distance scenarios:** +- Short (1-2 miles, local deposit): 0.5-1.0 dn for 200 librae +- Medium (5 miles): 5.0 dn for 200 librae +- Long (10+ miles): 10.0+ dn for 200 librae — begins to exceed + material value; long-distance clay transport is uneconomical + except for specialist clays (Arretine red-slip, etc.) + +**Loss in transit:** approximately 5% spillage for bulk raw clay. +Effectively negligible in cost terms at this stage. + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- VIA (the road leg) +- NAVIS (if river transport) +- VECTVRA (the freight cost) +- LOCATIO (hired cart or barge) +- OPVS (the transport task) + +--- + +### Node 4 — WORKSHOP: clay preparation + +**Space cost (LOCATIO):** +A modest workshop (taberna figlinaria) in a Roman town: +approximately 50-100 dn/year rental. Per batch basis: +if workshop produces 500 batches/year, LOCATIO cost +per batch ≈ 0.1-0.2 dn. LOW confidence. + +``` +WORKSHOP_LOCATIO_DN_PER_BATCH = 0.15 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Preparation labor (MERCENNARIVS):** +Mixing, wedging, cleaning clay — approximately 0.5 days +per 200 librae batch. Cost: 0.25 dn. + +**Water cost:** negligible in most locations, contextual +near arid routes. + +**Output:** 200 librae raw clay → approximately 140 librae +prepared clay body after 30% preparation loss. + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- LOCATIO (workshop rental) +- DOMINIVM or POSSESSIO (workshop ownership status) +- MERCENNARIVS (preparation labor) +- OPVS (preparation task) + +--- + +### Node 5 — FORMING + +**Labor:** ARTIFEX — specifically FIGVLVS (the potter). + +**Wage anchor:** +A skilled potter commands a premium over MERCENNARIVS. +Estimate: 1.5-2.0 dn/day for a competent FIGVLVS. +A master FIGVLVS with recognized FAMA: up to 3.0 dn/day. +Confidence: LOW. + +``` +FIGVLVS_WAGE_DN_PER_DAY = 1.50 // LOW confidence + // skilled but not specialist +``` + +**Output rate:** an experienced FIGVLVS on a wheel can throw +approximately 50-80 standard bowls per day. Call it 60. + +**Forming cost per bowl:** +1.5 dn/day ÷ 60 bowls = 0.025 dn per bowl. + +**Clay consumption per bowl:** +140 librae prepared clay ÷ 60 bowls = approximately 2.3 librae +per bowl before drying loss. + +**Tool amortization:** wheel maintenance, forming tools. +Approximately 0.005 dn per bowl. LOW confidence. + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- ARTIFEX / FIGVLVS (the forming labor) +- OPVS (the forming task) +- LOCATIO (wheel and tools if hired) + +**Missing token:** FIGVLVS — gap recorded in Section 9. + +--- + +### Node 6 — DRYING + +**Time:** 1-3 days on the workshop floor. +**Cost:** included in LOCATIO (workshop space). +**Drying loss:** approximately 5-10% crack during drying. + At 60 formed bowls: 3-6 lost → 54-57 proceed to kiln. + Use 55 as working figure. + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- LOCATIO (workshop space during drying time) +- OPVS (monitoring and turning) + +--- + +### Node 7 — FIRING + +**Fuel (LIGNVM — wood):** +A typical Roman updraft kiln firing 50-100 vessels requires +approximately 50-100 librae of wood fuel. Wood price: +approximately 0.02-0.05 dn per libra in urban markets. +Fuel cost per firing: approximately 1.0-3.0 dn. +Use 2.0 dn per firing as working figure. LOW confidence. + +``` +KILN_FUEL_DN_PER_FIRING = 2.00 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Kiln cost (LOCATIO):** +Shared kiln hire for one firing: approximately 0.5-1.0 dn. +Use 0.75 dn. LOW confidence. + +``` +KILN_LOCATIO_DN_PER_FIRING = 0.75 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Kiln labor:** ARTIFEX or experienced MERCENNARIVS for tending. +Half day labor: 0.75 dn. + +**Kiln loss:** approximately 10-15% of loaded vessels fail in +firing. At 55 loaded: 6-8 lost → 47-49 fired vessels. +Use 48 as working figure. + +**Missing token:** LIGNVM (wood as fuel commodity) — gap in Section 9. +**Missing token:** FORNAX / CLIBANUS (kiln) — gap in Section 9. + +--- + +### Node 8 — FINISHING AND SORTING + +**Output from 48 fired vessels:** +- PRIMA (first quality, no defects): approximately 70% → 34 bowls +- SECVNDA (minor defects, still functional): approximately 20% → 10 bowls +- FRACTA (cracked or unusable): approximately 10% → 4 bowls + +**Finishing labor:** light work — smoothing, sorting. +MERCENNARIVS or apprentice, approximately 0.25 days. +Cost: 0.125 dn. + +--- + +### Node 9 — ACCUMULATED COST PER BATCH + +Assuming: +- 200 librae raw clay extracted (shallow deposit, 2 miles transport) +- 34 PRIMA + 10 SECVNDA + 4 FRACTA output + +| Cost element | dn | Confidence | +|---|---|---| +| Extraction labor (0.5 days MERCENNARIVS × 2 workers) | 0.50 | LOW | +| Extraction tools | 0.025 | LOW | +| Transport mine→workshop (200 lb × 2 miles) | 2.00 | LOW | +| Workshop preparation labor | 0.25 | LOW | +| Workshop LOCATIO (per batch) | 0.15 | LOW | +| FIGVLVS forming labor (1 day) | 1.50 | LOW | +| Tool amortization | 0.30 | LOW | +| Drying (included in LOCATIO) | 0.00 | — | +| Kiln fuel | 2.00 | LOW | +| Kiln LOCATIO | 0.75 | LOW | +| Kiln labor | 0.75 | LOW | +| Finishing labor | 0.125 | LOW | +| **Total batch cost** | **8.35 dn** | LOW | + +**Cost per PRIMA bowl:** 8.35 ÷ 44 sellable units = **0.19 dn** +(treating SECVNDA as half-value equivalent, FRACTA as zero) + +**Cost per sellable unit (weighted):** approximately 0.19 dn + +This is production cost — what the FIGVLVS or workshop owner +must recover before profit. + +--- + +### Node 10 — TRANSPORT: workshop to market + +**Distance:** typically short — within city or to nearby market. +Assume 0.5 miles average for urban workshop. + +**Weight per batch output:** 44 sellable bowls × 0.75 libra average += approximately 33 librae total. Light load — pack carrier or +handcart, not a full wagon. + +**VECTVRA:** 33 librae × 0.5 miles × 0.005 dn/lb/mile = 0.083 dn. +Effectively negligible at this scale. + +**Packing material (straw, baskets):** approximately 0.10 dn per batch. + +**Breakage in transit (3-5%):** approximately 1-2 bowls lost. +Assume 1 bowl lost → 43 bowls reach market. + +**Net sellable at market:** 33 PRIMA + 10 SECVNDA = 43 bowls. + +--- + +### Node 11 — SALE: PRETIVM + +**New price (PRIMA bowl):** + +The calibration documents anchor the ceramic cup at approximately +1.0 dn — MEDIUM confidence from Roman price evidence. A standard +domestic bowl is in the same register. + +``` +VAS_FICTILE_PRIMA_PRETIVM_DN = 1.00 // MEDIUM confidence + // source: cost calibration model +``` + +**New price (SECVNDA bowl):** + +``` +VAS_FICTILE_SECVNDA_PRETIVM_DN = 0.50 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Used price (PRIMA bowl, good condition):** + +Roman used goods markets existed and were active. A used bowl +in good condition: approximately 30-50% of new price. + +``` +VAS_FICTILE_PRIMA_VSVS_DN = 0.35 // LOW confidence +``` + +**Batch revenue:** +- 33 PRIMA × 1.00 dn = 33.00 dn +- 10 SECVNDA × 0.50 dn = 5.00 dn +- **Total revenue: 38.00 dn** + +**Batch profit:** +38.00 dn revenue − 8.35 dn production cost − 0.18 dn transport += **approximately 29.47 dn gross margin** + +**Gross margin: approximately 78%** + +This is high. It reflects that FIGVLVS labor is the primary cost +and that the Roman ceramic industry operated at significant margins +when transport was short. The margin collapses rapidly with +distance — a 10-mile transport leg adds approximately 10 dn to +batch cost, reducing margin to approximately 50%. + +This margin calibration is LOW confidence and will be revised +when ANNALES provides Market price signals across containers. + +--- + +### Node 12 — OBLIGATION CHAIN + +**If sold for immediate coin (PRETIO PRAESENTI):** +- DOMINIVM transfers to buyer +- No DEBITVM created +- TABVLA entry: quantity, price, buyer name or description +- TESTIS: present if transaction significant + +**If sold on credit:** +- DEBITVM created: amount owed +- DIES named: payment date recorded in TABVLA +- VSVRA: rate agreed and recorded if applicable +- Default path: MORA → VSVRA accrual → MVLCTA risk → + TESTIS called → potential IVSIVRANDVM + +**Token relationships at this node:** +- EMERE / VENDERE (the exchange act) +- PRETIVM (the price) +- DOMINIVM (title transfer) +- TABVLA (the record) +- TESTIS (the witness) +- DEBITVM (if credit) +- DIES (named payment date) +- VSVRA (interest if credit extended) +- SOLVERE (settlement) +- MORA (if default) + +--- + +## 4. Social register and gift appropriateness + +**VAS FICTILE as a gift:** + +A standard domestic clay bowl is an appropriate gift in the +following contexts: + +| Context | Appropriateness | Register | +|---|---|---| +| Household gift (peer to peer) | Yes | ordinary | +| Client to patron | No — insufficient status signal | below register | +| Patron to client | Yes — practical domestic gift | low register | +| Votive offering at minor shrine | Yes | ritual use | +| Wedding gift (ordinary household) | Yes | practical | +| Funeral goods | Yes | burial context | + +**Status signal:** none for PRIMA undecorated. Decorated or +stamped ware (workshop mark, special glaze) moves into a +higher register — but that is a different good requiring +a different profile. + +**DIGNITAS implications:** a person of DIGNITAS does not +give clay bowls to social equals. The material signals +ordinary domestic life. A patron who gives a client clay +bowls is making a statement about the client's register. + +--- + +## 5. The FIGVLVS within the 128-participant economy + +In the CIVICVS container, the clay bowl supply chain involves +potentially multiple participants: + +**The mine operator:** a participant who holds extraction rights +(LOCATIO or DOMINIVM) over an ARGILLA-bearing H3 cell. They hire +MERCENNARIVS (virtual labor, not other participants) to extract. +They sell raw ARGILLA to the workshop. + +**The carter/transporter:** possibly a participant who owns +or hires transport (NAVIS or cart). They move ARGILLA from +mine to workshop for VECTVRA payment. + +**The FIGVLVS/workshop owner:** a participant who operates the +workshop under LOCATIO or DOMINIVM. They buy ARGILLA, hire +virtual labor for preparation, do the forming themselves +(their ARTIFEX skill), hire kiln access, produce VAS FICTILE. + +**The market seller:** possibly a different participant who +buys wholesale from the FIGVLVS and sells retail. Or the +FIGVLVS sells direct. + +Each participant link creates a commercial obligation chain +that ANNALES must be able to read end to end. The TESSERA H3 +cell is the origin. The buyer's TABVLA is the terminus. Every +node between them is a token relationship with a denarii cost +that Dinarii will eventually make real. + +--- + +## 6. What TESSERA must eventually provide + +For this supply chain to be fully grounded, TESSERA needs: + +- `resource_type = ARGILLA` on H3 cells with clay deposits +- `resource_volume_roman_cubic` — deposit size +- `resource_depth_current` — current extraction depth +- `resource_depth_max` — estimated exhaustion depth +- `resource_quality` — affects preparation loss rate + +When `occ_flag` is populated with historical occupation data, +TESSERA will also indicate whether a clay deposit was worked +in prior epochs — relevant to remaining volume estimates. + +This data does not exist yet. For OTIVM development, a +placeholder H3 cell with fixed resource values is sufficient. +The architecture is designed to accept real TESSERA data +when available. + +--- + +## 7. Gaps identified — new tokens required + +The following concepts appeared in this supply chain and are +not in the 66-token corpus. Each is a candidate for addition: + +| Token candidate | Role in supply chain | Priority | +|---|---|---| +| ARGILLA | Raw clay as a commodity | HIGH — needed for goods-on-hand | +| VAS FICTILE / FIGLINVM | The finished good | HIGH — needed for goods-on-hand | +| FIGVLVS | The potter as a specialist ARTIFEX | HIGH — specific labor type | +| LIGNVM | Wood as fuel commodity | MEDIUM — kiln fuel and heating | +| FORNAX | Kiln / furnace as production asset | MEDIUM — transformation infrastructure | +| FVNDVS | Land holding with resource rights | MEDIUM — TESSERA ownership layer | +| TABERNA | Shop or workshop as commercial space | MEDIUM — market presence | +| MACELLVM | The market as a structured commercial venue | MEDIUM — market context | +| PRETIVM VSVS | Used-goods price as a distinct concept | LOW — derivable from PRETIVM | + +None of these require new corpus infrastructure — they extend the +existing profile table using the same fields as the 66 tokens. +They should be profiled before activation rows are written for +the goods and production domain. + +--- + +## 8. Constants produced by this analysis + +These constants are ready for `src/constants.js` in OTIVM, +all flagged LOW confidence pending Market calibration: + +```javascript +// Clay bowl supply chain constants +// Source: docs/supply-chains/SC-ARGILLA-0001.md +// Confidence: LOW unless noted + +// Labor wages +const MERCENNARIVS_WAGE_DN_PER_DAY = 0.50 // LOW +const FIGVLVS_WAGE_DN_PER_DAY = 1.50 // LOW + +// Transport +const VECTVRA_CART_DN_PER_100LB_PER_MILE = 0.50 // LOW + +// Workshop costs +const WORKSHOP_LOCATIO_DN_PER_BATCH = 0.15 // LOW + +// Kiln costs +const KILN_FUEL_DN_PER_FIRING = 2.00 // LOW +const KILN_LOCATIO_DN_PER_FIRING = 0.75 // LOW + +// Goods prices +const VAS_FICTILE_PRIMA_PRETIVM_DN = 1.00 // MEDIUM +const VAS_FICTILE_SECVNDA_PRETIVM_DN = 0.50 // LOW +const VAS_FICTILE_PRIMA_VSVS_DN = 0.35 // LOW + +// Production loss rates +const CLAY_DRYING_LOSS_RATE = 0.075 // LOW — 7.5% midpoint +const CLAY_FIRING_LOSS_RATE = 0.125 // LOW — 12.5% midpoint +const CLAY_TRANSIT_LOSS_RATE = 0.04 // LOW — 4% midpoint + +// Batch parameters +const FIGVLVS_BOWLS_PER_DAY = 60 // LOW +const CLAY_LB_PER_BOWL_RAW = 4.0 // LOW — before losses +``` + +--- + +## 9. ANNALES activation implications + +When activation rows are written for the supply chain domain, +each node in this chain becomes a test scenario. Example +activation scenarios this supply chain generates: + +- Direct: merchant holds VAS FICTILE with known origin H3 and + production cost record → ANNALES activates POSSESSIO + PRETIVM + + RATIO + TABVLA +- Inferred: FIGVLVS has not been paid for a batch delivered + 10 days ago → ANNALES infers DEBITVM + MORA (if DIES named) +- Conflict: two TABVLA entries show different prices for the + same batch → ANNALES activates MENDAX risk + TESTIS request +- Missing state: VAS FICTILE in goods-on-hand panel with no + origin H3 → ANNALES asks TESSERA provenance questions +- Refusal test: high price for a clay bowl → ANNALES must not + activate DOLVS from price alone; asks market context first + +--- + +## 10. The Dinarii connection + +The legionary/centurion/legate wage structure maps onto the +clay bowl economy as follows: + +| Role | Daily wage (dn) | Bowls/day purchasing power | +|---|---|---| +| MERCENNARIVS | 0.50 | 0.5 bowls (new PRIMA) | +| Legionary (miles) | 0.62 | 0.62 bowls | +| FIGVLVS (skilled) | 1.50 | 1.5 bowls | +| Centurion | 0.92 | 0.92 bowls | +| Senior Centurion | ~3.00 | 3 bowls | +| Legate | ~18.00 | 18 bowls | + +The MERCENNARIVS who extracts the clay cannot afford to buy +the bowl his labor helped produce in a single day's work. +This is historically accurate and behaviorally significant — +it is the economic tension that drives commercial decisions +in the simulator. + +The BAT/Dinarii argentarius rate does not change these +ratios. It only sets how much real-world value a denarius +represents at container formation. The internal economy +is self-consistent regardless of the external rate. + +--- + +*SC-ARGILLA-0001 — First supply chain map* +*2026-05-07* +*Every constant in this document is LOW confidence unless noted.* +*Revision trigger: Market price signals from CT 1103.* +*Next supply chain: grain → bread (SC-FRVMENTVM-0001)*