Extracted Text

Koine Greek

περὶ τὸ διάφαυμα · σήμερον

πρὸς ὃ ἔγραψέν μοι ὁ αὐτὸς δεσπό(της) μου

ξυλοκαυσίμων ὡς οὐδὲν ἄξιον λόγου

ναι πρὸς ἐμὲ Γεώργιον τὸν στρατιώτ(ην)

ὁ στρατιώτης · τὸ πῶς παρηγγέλθη

τοὺς θεοφυλά(κτους) ὑμᾶς, δέσπο(τα) † Ἁθ(υρ)

ἰ[(ν)δ(ικτίονος)

Latin

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Translation into English

About the transparency · today

To what the same lord wrote to me

Of firewood as not worth mentioning

To me, George the soldier

The soldier · how it was commanded

The God-guardians you, lord † Athyr

Of the (indictment)

Extracted Koine Greek Text

περὶ τὸ διάφαυμα · σήμερον
πρὸς ὃ ἔγραψέν μοι ὁ αὐτὸς δεσπό(της) μου
ξυλοκαυσίμων ὡς οὐδὲν ἄξιον λόγου
]ναι πρὸς ἐμὲ Γεώργιον τὸν στρατιώτ(ην)
ὁ στρατιώτης · τὸ πῶς παρηγγέλθη
τοὺς θεοφυλά(κτους) ὑμᾶς, δέσπο(τα) † Ἁθ(υρ) κβ ἰνδ(ικτίονος)

English Translation

"...concerning the window/opening; today...
...regarding that which my same master wrote to me...
...firewood, as being of no importance...
...to me, George the soldier...
...the soldier; how it was commanded...
...you, the God-protected ones, master. Hathyr 22, indiction..."

Notes

• διάφαυμα (diaphauma): Possibly refers to an opening, window, or aperture.
• ξυλοκαυσίμων (xylokausimōn): Refers to firewood or fuel wood.
• δέσπο(της) (despotēs): Master or lord, a respectful form of address.
• θεοφυλά(κτους) (theophylaktous): "God-protected," a common honorific title.
• Ἁθ(υρ) κβ (Hathyr 22): Hathyr is a month in the ancient Egyptian calendar, corresponding roughly to November.
• ἰνδ(ικτίονος) (indictionos): Refers to the indiction, a 15-year cycle used for dating documents in late antiquity and Byzantine periods.