Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ

καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβ(εστάτου) ἡμῶν δεσπότου Μαυρικίου

Τιβέριου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου

δευτέρᾳ δεκάτης ἰν(δικτίωνος) ἐν Ἀρ(σινόῃ)

Latin

Augustus

Translation

In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ our God and Savior, of our most divine and pious Master Mauricius, Tiberius the eternal Augustus, on the second day of the tenth month in the indiction in Arsinoe.

Koine Greek Text

[† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπ]ό̣του Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ
[καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, βασιλεί]α̣ς τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβ(εστάτου) [ἡμῶν δεσπότου Μαυρικίου
Τιβ]ερίου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου
[καὶ αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους δευ]τ̣έρᾳ δεκάτης
ἰν(δικτίωνος) ἐν Ἀρ(σινόῃ)

Latin Text

Αὐγούστου (Augustus)
ἰνδικτίωνος (indictionis)

English Translation

"[† In the name of the Lord and Master] Jesus Christ, God
[and our Savior, in the reign] of our most divine and most pious master Maurice
Tiberius, the eternal Augustus
[and emperor, in the year] on the twelfth (day)
of the indiction, in Arsinoe."

Notes on Latin Terms:

• Αὐγούστου (Augustus): "Augustus," a Latin imperial title meaning "majestic" or "venerable."
• ἰνδικτίωνος (indictionis): "Indiction," a Latin-derived term referring to a 15-year taxation cycle used in dating documents.

Apparatus Criticus

Line 4: BL 13.80 reads "[τεσ]σ̣ερα<και>δεκάτης" ("fourteenth") in previous editions.