Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔσχον διὰ σοῦ Τιθοῆτος ὑπὲρ πέμτης ἰνδικτίονος ὀρνίθια δύο, γί(νεται) ὀρ(νίθια) β. σεσημίωμαι Γάιος.

Latin

Apparatus

Translation

I have received through you, Tithoetes, on the fifth of the indiction, two birds; it is (becoming) birds b. I have been marked, Gaius.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔσχον διὰ σοῦ Τιθοῆτος
ὑπὲρ πέμτης (*) ἰνδικτίονος
ὀρνίθια δύο, γί(νεται) ὀρ(νίθια) β.
σεσημίωμαι (*) Γάιος.

Apparatus (Textual Notes)

• πέμτης (line 2) should read πέμπτης
• σεσημίωμαι (line 4) should read σεσημείωμαι

English Translation

I have received through you, Tithoetes,
for the fifth indiction,
two birds; total: 2 birds.
I, Gaius, have signed.

Notes on Terms and Abbreviations

• ἔσχον: "I have received" or "I got."
• διὰ σοῦ: "through you."
• Τιθοῆτος: Personal name, "Tithoetes."
• πέμπτης ἰνδικτίονος: "fifth indiction." An indiction was a 15-year cycle used in dating documents in the Byzantine period.
• ὀρνίθια δύο: "two birds."
• γί(νεται) ὀρ(νίθια) β: Abbreviated form meaning "total: 2 birds" (β = numeral 2).
• σεσημείωμαι: "I have signed" or "I have marked."
• Γάιος: Personal name, "Gaius."