Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Στέφανος δοῦλ(ος) τῆς θεοτόκ(ου) Ἰωάννῃ ἀπαιτ(ητῇ) Πτολεμαίδ(ος). παράσχ(ου) Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τέκτ(ονι) ἐργαζομέ(νῳ) εἰς τὸν σὺν θ(εῷ) κτιζόμε(νον) οἶκ(όν) μου καγκ(έλλῳ) Ἀλεξ(ανδρείας) σίτου ἀρτάβ(ας) εἴκοσι γί(νονται) σί(του) (ἀρτάβαι) † Φαμενὼ\†/θ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ γί(νονται) σί(του) (ἀρτάβαι) εἴκοσι μόνον † μη(νὸς) Φαμ(ενὼ)θ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ † Φαμ(ενὼ)θ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ πιτάκ(ιον) σίτου τοῦ κύρο̣υ Στεφάνου σί(του) (ἀρταβῶν) μό(νον).

Latin

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Translation into English

Stephen, servant of the Theotokos, to John, the petitioner of Ptolemaïs. Grant to Alexander, the worker, for the house being built with God, of my house in the district of Alexandria, twenty artabas of grain, which are twenty artabas of grain. Only twenty artabas of grain. In the month of Phamenoth, in the 12th indiction. Only the record of the grain of the lord Stephen.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Στέφανος δοῦλ(ος) τῆς θεοτόκ(ου)
Ἰωάννῃ ἀπαιτ(ητῇ) Πτολεμαΐδ(ος).
δ(ος). παράσχ(ου) Ἀλεξάνδρῳ
τέκτ(ονι) ἐργαζομέ(νῳ) εἰς τὸν σὺν θ(εῷ)
κτιζόμε(νον) οἶκ(όν) μου καγκ(έλλῳ) Ἀλεξ(ανδρείας)
σίτου ἀρτάβ(ας) εἴκοσι
γί(νονται) σί(του) (ἀρτάβαι) κ.
Φαμενὼθ δ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ
γί(νονται) σί(του) (ἀρτάβαι) εἴκοσι μόνον
μη(νὸς) Φαμ(ενὼ)θ δ ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιβ
πιττάκ(ιον) σίτου τοῦ κύρου Στεφάνου
σί(του) (ἀρταβῶν) κ μό(νον).

Latin Text (Abbreviations and Terms)

ind(ictionis) xii

English Translation

Stephanos, servant of the Theotokos,
to John, collector of Ptolemais:
Give (and) provide Alexander,
the carpenter working on my house being built with God's help at the railing (or enclosure) of Alexandria,
twenty artabas of wheat.
Total: twenty artabas of wheat.
Phamenoth 4, 12th indiction.
Total: twenty artabas of wheat only.
Month of Phamenoth 4, 12th indiction.
Receipt (or ticket) for wheat of lord Stephanos.
Wheat: twenty artabas only.

Notes:

• Theotokos (θεοτόκος): "Mother of God," a title for the Virgin Mary.
• Artaba (ἀρτάβη): An ancient measure of grain.
• Indiction (ἰνδικτίωνος): A 15-year cycle used for dating documents in Byzantine and medieval periods.
• Phamenoth (Φαμενὼθ): A month in the Egyptian calendar, roughly corresponding to March.
• Pittakion (πιττάκιον): A receipt or ticket.