Extracted Text

Koine Greek

γί(νεται) χύρου

λάκ(α)

ἑκσέ

ἰνδ(ικτίονος)

ἑξή

Latin

Apparatus

Φαμε(νωθ)

Translation

"It happens of the pig"

"Laconian"

"Six"

"Of the indiction"

"Six"

Extracted Koine Greek and Latin Text

γί(νεται) χύρου λάκ(α) ξ ἑκσέκοντα † Φαμε(νωθ) ιη ἰνδ(ικτίονος) α

Corrected Greek Text (according to apparatus)

γίνεται χοίρου λάκκοι ἑξήκοντα † Φαμενώθ ιη ἰνδικτίονος α

English Translation

"There are sixty pig pits. Phamenoth 18, Indiction 1."

Notes

• γίνεται (ginetai): "there is/are," "it becomes," or "it happens."
• χοίρου (choirou): "of pig."
• λάκκοι (lakoi): plural of λάκκος (lakkos), meaning "pits."
• ἑξήκοντα (hexēkonta): "sixty."
• Φαμενώθ (Phamenōth): an Egyptian month name, roughly corresponding to March.
• ιη (18): the numeral 18.
• ἰνδικτίονος α (indiktiōnos a): "Indiction 1," referring to a 15-year tax cycle used in late antiquity.