Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ

ϫⲟⲩⲱⲧ

ⲗⲁⲅⲟⲛ

ϣϫⲁⲗ ϩⲓⲧ

ⲣⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ {ⲡⲙ} ⲡⲙⲁⲛϭⲁⲙ-

ⲟⲩⲗ ⲙⲁⲓ

ⲟⲩⲙ̣ⲁ

γί(νεται) χύρου

λάκ(α)

εἴκοσι

ἐγράφ(η) Φαμε(νωθ)

ἰνδ(ικτίονος)

Latin

l. χοίρου

l. λάκ(κοι)

Translation into English

It is said that there are twenty (of something).

It was written by Phamenoth.

Of the pig.

Of the lake.

Of the indiction.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

γίνεται χύρου
λάκ(α)
κ εἴκοσι
† ἐγράφ(η) Φαμε(νωθ) ι θ ἰ νδ(ικτίονος) α

Apparatus Criticus (Greek)

• l. χοίρου, S. Clackson, APF 45 (1999) 94 : (ὑπὲρ) γρ(αμματείου) prev. ed.
• S. Clackson, APF 45 (1999) 95 : λάκ(κοι) prev. ed.

Translation into English

"It becomes (or amounts to) pig
pit(s)
and twenty (20)
† Written (on the) 19th of Phamenoth, 11th indiction."

Notes on the Text

• "χύρου" (chyrou) is corrected by scholars to "χοίρου" (choirou), meaning "of pig."
• "λάκ(α)" is abbreviated from "λάκκοι" (lakkoi), meaning "pits."
• "Φαμε(νωθ)" (Phamenoth) is an Egyptian month name.
• "νδ(ικτίονος)" (indictionos) refers to the indiction cycle, a dating system used in late antiquity.