Extracted Text

Koine Greek

β

φ(ορά)

σί(του) ἀρτ(άβαι)

Π(α)ῦ(νι)

ἰνδ(ικτίωνος)

Latin

None extracted.

Translation

β (beta)

φ(ορά) (phora - "bearing" or "carrying")

σί(του) ἀρτ(άβαι) (of the bread)

Π(α)ῦ(νι) (of the month)

ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) (of the indiction)

Extracted Koine Greek and Latin Text

σί(του) ἀρτ(άβαι) μ
Π(α)ῦ(νι) β ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) ιδ

English Translation

"Of wheat, 40 artabas.
Pauni 2, indiction 14."

Notes:

• σί(του) (σίτου): "of wheat"
• ἀρτ(άβαι) (ἀρτάβαι): "artabas" (a measure of grain)
• μ: Greek numeral for 40
• Π(α)ῦ(νι) (Παῦνι): "Pauni," a month in the Egyptian calendar (approximately May–June)
• β: Greek numeral for 2 (the second day of the month)
• ἰνδ(ικτίωνος) (ἰνδικτίωνος): "indiction," a 15-year tax cycle used in late antiquity and Byzantine periods
• ιδ: Greek numeral for 14 (14th indiction)