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Koine Greek

Φλ(άουιος) Κοσ̣μᾶ̣ς σὺν θ̣(εῷ) πάγαρχ(ος) Ἡρ(ακλέους) π̣(όλεως) ὑμῖν ἀμφ( ) χι [⁦ -ca.?- ⁩] παρ(άσ)χ(ετε) τ̣οῖ(ς) [ο]ἰ̣κ(ο)δ(όμοις) (ὑπὲρ) φιλοτιμί̣(ας) οἴ̣ν̣ου κν(ί)δ(ιον) α ἕ̣[ν] μ̣(όνον(?)) ἐγρά(φη) μ(ηνὸς) Α῾θὺ(ρ) κβ ἰ(ν)δ(ικτίονος) ϛ † γί(νεται) οἴνου κν(ί)δ(ιον) α †

Latin

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Translation into English

Flavius Kosmas, together with the god, the governor of the city of Heraclea, to you, (please) provide to the householders (for) the sake of honor, a single measure of wine. It was written in the month of Athyr, in the 2nd indiction, it becomes a measure of wine.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

⳨ Φλ(άουιος) Κοσ̣μᾶ̣ς σὺν θ̣(εῷ) πάγαρχ(ος) Ἡρ(ακλέους) π̣(όλεως) ὑμῖν ἀμφ(  )
̣  ̣
χι
̣
[ -ca.?- ]
παρ(άσ)χ(ετε) τ̣οῖ(ς) [ο]ἰ̣κ(ο)δ(όμοις) (ὑπὲρ) φιλοτιμί̣(ας) οἴ̣ν̣ου κν(ί)δ(ιον)
α
ἕ̣[ν] μ̣(όνον(?))
ἐγρά(φη) μ(ηνὸς) Α῾θὺ(ρ)
κβ
ἰ(ν)δ(ικτίονος)
ϛ
†
γί(νεται) οἴνου κν(ί)δ(ιον)
α
†

Expanded Greek Text

⳨ Φλάβιος Κοσμᾶς σὺν θεῷ πάγαρχος Ἡρακλέους πόλεως ὑμῖν ἀμφ( )
παράσχετε τοῖς οἰκοδόμοις ὑπὲρ φιλοτιμίας οἴνου κνίδιον α ἓν μόνον.
ἐγράφη μηνὸς Ἁθὺρ κβ, ἰνδικτίονος ϛ.
† γίνεται οἴνου κνίδιον α †

English Translation

⳨ Flavius Kosmas, by the grace of God pagarch of the city of Herakleopolis, to you concerning (…):
Provide to the builders, as a courtesy, one knidion (small measure) of wine, only one.
Written on the 22nd day of the month Hathyr, in the 6th indiction.
† Total: one knidion of wine †

Notes

• Pagarch (πάγαρχος): A local administrative official in Byzantine Egypt.
• Herakleopolis (Ἡρακλέους πόλις): A city in Egypt, known today as Ihnasya el-Medina.
• Knidion (κνίδιον): A small measure or container, possibly a local unit of measurement for wine.
• Month Hathyr (Ἁθὺρ): An Egyptian month corresponding roughly to November.
• Indiction (ἰνδικτίων): A 15-year cycle used in Byzantine dating.