Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἀρχεφόνδοις καὶ ἀραβατοξόταις

Βακχιάδος·

τὸν ἐπιστολαφόρον ἐλθόντα ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου ἐπιστρατήγου παραπέμψατε

ἕως Μέμφεως

Latin

None extracted.

Translation into English

To the archers and the Arab archers

Of Bacchiades:

Send the letter bearer who has come from the most powerful general

Until Memphis.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[ἀρχε]φ̣όδοι[ς] καὶ ἀραβατοξ̣όταις
Βακχιάδος·
[τὸν ἐπιστο]λαφόρον ἐλθόντα ἀπὸ τοῦ κρα-
[τίστο]υ̣ ἐπιστρατήγου παραπέμψατε
[ἕως] Μέμ̣φ̣[εω]ς̣ καὶ [ . . . ]ηνο[ν]

Apparatus Criticus

• Line 1: l. ἀραβoτοξ̣όταις
• Line 4: or [σ]ή̣μ̣ηνον̣
• Line 5: W.G. Claytor (image) (via PN): χ prev. ed.

English Translation

"[To the] chief officials(?) and Arab archers
of Bacchiades:
Send on the letter-carrier who has come from the most excellent general
as far as Memphis and [ . . . ]"

Note: The text is fragmentary and incomplete; thus, the translation provided is tentative and based on the preserved portions of the Greek text.