Extracted Text

Koine Greek

μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ τοῦ δηλωθησομένου Φαῶφι ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος μητρὸς τρίας ἀπὸ κώμης τοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτου ν̣ο̣μ̣ο̣ῦ̣ Αὐρηλίῳ χ̣α̣ί̣ρειν. ὁμολογῶ ἐσχηκέναι καὶ δεδανεῖσθαι παρὰ σ̣ο̣ῦ̣ διὰ χειρὸς εἰς χεῖρας εἰς ἰδίαν μου καὶ ἀναγκαίαν χρίαν καὶ ὀφίλειν.

Latin

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Translation into English

After the high priesthood of our lord Marcianus, the eternal Augustus, and of the one who will be declared Phaios, (in the) indiction, so-and-so of so-and-so mother, from the village of the Hermopolitan law Aurelius, greetings. I confess to have received and to have borrowed from you through the hand into hands for my own and necessary need and to owe.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[† μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τοῦ δεσπό]τ̣ου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ
[αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ τοῦ δη]λ̣ω̣θησομένου Φαῶφι
ι β ϛ ἰ νδ(ικτίωνος)
[ὁ δεῖνα τοῦ δεῖνος μητρὸς ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]τ̣ρίας ἀπὸ κώμης
[(Place) τοῦ Ἑρμοπολίτο]υ ν̣ο̣μ̣ο̣ῦ̣ Αὐρηλίῳ
[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ̣ς̣ χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ
[ἐσχηκέναι καὶ δεδανεῖσθαι παρὰ] σ̣ο̣ῦ̣ διὰ χειρὸς εἰς χεῖρας
[εἰς ἰδίαν μου καὶ ἀναγκαί]α̣ν χρείαν καὶ ὀφείλειν

Latin Text (Abbreviations and Apparatus)

ind(ictionis)
Apparatus criticus:
2. ϊνδ papyrus
5. or [(Name) ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμ]η̣ς̣, or [(Name) ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑρμοῦ πόλε]ω̣ς̣
7. BL 13.78 : [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] ̣[⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] (or [] εἰς ἀναγκαίαν(?)) prev. ed.
7. l. χρείαν
7. l. ὀφείλειν

English Translation

"[† After the consulship of our lord Marcian,
the eternal Augustus, and in the month to be indicated, Phaophi,
12th indiction,
I, (name), son of (name), whose mother is (name ending in -tria?), from the village
[(Place)] of the Hermopolite nome, to Aurelius
[(name uncertain)], greetings. I acknowledge
that I have received and borrowed from you, from hand to hand,
for my own personal and necessary use, and that I owe..."