Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Φιλόξενος̣ κόμ(ες)

Ἀνουθίῳ ὑπερ(έτῃ)

π[αρά]σχου Φοιβάμμωνι λαοξόῳ χρυσοῦ ν[ο]μ̣ι̣σ̣μάτιον

ἓν παρὰ κεράτιον̣ ἕν, γί(νεται) χρ(υσοῦ) νο(μισμάτιον) ἓ̣ν̣ π̣(αρὰ) κ̣ε̣ρ̣(άτιον) [ἓν] μό[νον].

(ἔτους) ρνϛ ρκε Τυβι ιδ γ ἰ

μείω(μαι) χρυσ̣ο̣ῦ̣ νο(μισμάτιον) ἓ̣ν̣ [πα]ρ̣ὰ̣ κερ(άτιον) ἓν μ(όνον).

Latin

vac. ?

(*).

3,md

4,md

5,md

Apparatus

^ 1. l. ὑπηρ(έτῃ)

^ 4. ϊνδικ papyrus

Translation

Welcoming (is) the leader.

To Anuthios, the helper.

From Phibammōn, the leader, a gold coin.

One from a horn, one, becomes a gold coin, one from a horn [only].

(In the year) 239 (or 240) of Tybi, the 10th day.

Let it be reduced (to) one gold coin from a horn, one only.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Φιλόξενος κόμ(ες)
Ἀνουθίῳ ὑπερ(έτῃ)
παράσχου Φοιβάμμωνι λαοξόῳ χρυσοῦ ν[ο]μισμάτιον ἓν παρὰ κεράτιον ἕν, γί(νεται) χρ(υσοῦ) νο(μισμάτιον) ἓν π(αρὰ) κερ(άτιον) [ἓν] μό[νον].
(ἔτους) ρνϛ ρκε Τυβι ιδ γ ἰνδικ(τιῶνος).
σ̣ε̣/σ̣ημείω(μαι) χρυσ̣ο̣ῦ̣ νο(μισμάτιον) ἓ̣ν̣ [πα]ρ̣ὰ̣ κερ(άτιον) ἓν μ(όνον).

English Translation

Philoxenos, comes (count),
To Anouthios, the attendant (servant):
Provide Phoibammon, the stonecutter, with one gold coin minus one keration (carat). The total is one gold coin minus [one] keration only.
Year 156, 125 (?), Tybi 14, 3rd indiction.
I have signed (acknowledged) one gold coin minus one keration only.

Notes

• Φιλόξενος κόμ(ες): "Philoxenos, comes" (Latin title meaning "count").
• ὑπερ(έτῃ): Abbreviation for ὑπηρέτῃ, meaning "attendant" or "servant."
• λαοξόῳ: "stonecutter" or "mason."
• χρυσοῦ νομισμάτιον: "gold coin" (solidus).
• κεράτιον: "keration," a small unit of currency (carat), 1/24 of a gold solidus.
• γί(νεται): "it amounts to."
• ἔτους ρνϛ: "Year 156."
• Τυβι ιδ: "Tybi 14," a date in the Egyptian calendar.
• ἰνδικ(τιῶνος): "indiction," a 15-year tax cycle used for dating.
• σ̣ε̣/σ̣ημείω(μαι): "I have signed" or "I have acknowledged."