Extracted Text

Koine Greek

† ἐγράφ(η) Φαμε(νωθ) ἰνδ(ικτίονος) 5

γί(νεται) χύρου

λάκ(α)

πεντήκοντ(α)

Latin

i.e. Greek λάκον

Translation

† It was written (by) Phamenoth of the 5th indiction.

It happens of the pig.

Lake.

Fifty.

Extracted Koine Greek:

γί(νεται) χύρου λάκ(α) ν πεντήκοντ(α)
† ἐγράφ(η) Φαμε(νωθ) ιη ἰνδ(ικτίονος) 5 α

Greek Expanded and Restored:

γίνεται χοίρου λάκκοι(?) πεντήκοντα.
† ἐγράφη Φαμενώθ ιη, ἰνδικτίονος 5 α.

English Translation:

"There are fifty pits(?) of pig.
† Written on the 18th of Phamenoth, in the 5th indiction, 1st [year]."

Notes:

• γί(νεται): abbreviation for γίνεται ("there is/are").
• χύρου: corrected to χοίρου ("of pig") by S. Clackson.
• λάκ(α): abbreviated form, possibly λάκκοι ("pits"), as suggested by S. Clackson.
• πεντήκοντ(α): abbreviation for πεντήκοντα ("fifty").
• ἐγράφ(η): abbreviation for ἐγράφη ("was written").
• Φαμε(νωθ): abbreviation for Φαμενώθ ("Phamenoth"), an Egyptian month.
• ιη: numeral 18.
• ἰνδ(ικτίονος): abbreviation for ἰνδικτίονος ("indiction"), a dating system.
• α: numeral α (1), possibly indicating the first year of the indiction cycle.

Latin Extracted:

(ὑπὲρ) γρ(αμματείου)

Latin Expanded and Translated:

ὑπὲρ γραμματείου ("on account of a document/record")

Apparatus Notes:

• Line 1: λάκον is identified as Greek λάκον ("pit").
• Line 2: ϩⲓ̈ⲧⲛ is noted in the papyrus.
• Line 3: χύρου corrected to χοίρου ("of pig") by S. Clackson, APF 45 (1999) 94.
• Line 3: λάκ(α) interpreted as λάκ(κοι) ("pits") by S. Clackson, APF 45 (1999) 95.