for they make ribs for them of willow which they cut in the land of the Armenians who dwell above the Assyrians, and round these they stretch hides which serve as a covering outside by way of hull, not making broad the stern nor gathering in the prow to a point, but making the boats round like a shield:
Izan ere, asyriarrez goitik bizi diren armeniarren artean zumea ebakiz untzi-saihetsak egin bide dituztenean, kanpotik inguru guztian zoru gisa larruak hedatzen dizkiete estalgarri, ez txoparik nabarmenduz, ez brankarik mehartuz;