Extracted Text

Koine Greek

γί(νεται) χύρ(ου) λάκ(α)

γί(νεται) (ὁμοῦ) χύρ(ου) λά̣κ(α)

ἐγράφ(η)

Φαμε(νωθ)

ἰνδ(ικτίωνος)

Latin

l. χοίρ(ου)

l. δέκα

Translation

The Greek phrases can be translated as follows:

• It happens (of) the pig's pit.
• It happens (of) the same pig's pit.
• It was written.
• We speak (of) the pig.
• Of the indiction.

Extracted Koine Greek and Latin Text

ⲧⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲡⲁ ⲧⲉⲣⲱⲧ
γίνεται χύρου λάκα
τέκα
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ
γίνεται (ὁμοῦ) χύρου λάκα τιη
ἐγράφη Φαμενωθ ιζ ἰνδικτίωνος α

English Translation

"The place of Petros, my seed (or my planting),
becomes a pit for pigs,
ten.
And those who came today,
become (together) a pit for pigs, something.
Written on the 17th of Phamenoth, 1st indiction."

Notes from Apparatus

• "λάκον" (lakon) is Greek, meaning "pit."
• "χύρου" (chyrou) is corrected by S. Clackson to "χοίρου" (choirou), meaning "of pig."
• "τέκα" (teka) is corrected to "δέκα" (deka), meaning "ten."
• "τιη" (tie) is uncertain; possibly a scribal error or abbreviation.
• "Φαμενωθ" (Phamenoth) is an Egyptian month.
• "ἰνδικτίωνος α" (indiktionos alpha) means "first indiction," a dating system used in late antiquity.