Extracted Text

Koine Greek

διέγραψ(εν) Ἁρπαῆσις Φ̣ενώφεος ὑπ(ὲρ) λαογραφ(ίας) β (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ (*) τοῦ κυρίου τὰς λυπὰς (*) (δραχμὰς) θ. Ἑρμογένης πράκ(τωρ) ἔγραψα.

Latin

Apparatus

Translation

"He (or She) wrote down the Harpaesis of Phenopheus under the ethnography in the year of Trajan (*), the lord, the sorrows (*), (drachmas) θ. Hermogenes, the agent, wrote."

Extracted Koine Greek Text

διέγραψ(εν) Ἁρπαῆσις Φ̣ενώφεος
ὑπ(ὲρ) λαογραφ(ίας)
β
(ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ
(*)
τοῦ κυρίου τὰς λυπὰς
(*)
(δραχμὰς)
θ
Ἑρμογένης πράκ(τωρ) ἔγραψα.

Apparatus Criticus (Textual Notes)

2. l. Τραιανοῦ
3. l. λοιπὰς

English Translation

Harpaesis, son of Phenophis, has paid (or cancelled)
for the poll-tax
2 (year)
of Trajan
(*)
the remaining (amounts) of the lord
(*)
(drachmas)
9.
I, Hermogenes, the collector, have written (this).

Notes on Translation and Textual Issues

• διέγραψ(εν): "cancelled" or "paid off," indicating a financial transaction or clearance.
• λαογραφ(ίας): "poll-tax," a common tax in Roman Egypt.
• Τραειανοῦ: Refers to Emperor Trajan (corrected in apparatus to Τραιανοῦ).
• λυπὰς: Corrected in apparatus to λοιπὰς, meaning "remaining" or "balance."
• δραχμὰς θ: "9 drachmas," indicating the amount involved.
• Ἑρμογένης πράκ(τωρ): "Hermogenes, collector," the official responsible for recording the transaction.