Extracted Text

Koine Greek

διέγρα(ψεν) Πεκύσιο(ς) Νεφερῶτ(ος) ὑπ(ὲρ) λαο(γραφίας) Χά(ρακος) α (ἔτους) (δραχμὰς) δέκα , βα(λανείων) α (ὀβολὸν) α 𐅵 κ(αὶ) προ(σδιαγραφόμενα). (ἔτους) α Νέρουα τοῦ κυρίου Μεχε(ὶρ) λ ιβ . Ἡρακ(λ ) σ(εσ)η(μείωμαι).

Latin

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Translation into English

He (or they) wrote out (or recorded) Pekysios Neferot under the geography of Charakos in the year ten drachmas, of balances, of obols, and the prescribed (or designated). In the year of Nerva, the lord, Mecheir, 15. Heracles, I will be diminished.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

διέγρα(ψεν) Πεκύσιο(ς) Νεφερῶτ(ος)
ὑπ(ὲρ) λαο(γραφίας) Χά(ρακος)
α
(ἔτους) (δραχμὰς) δέκα, βα(λανείων)
α
(ὀβολὸν)
α
𐅵
κ(αὶ) προ(σδιαγραφόμενα). (ἔτους)
α
Νέρουα τοῦ κυρίου
Μεχε(ὶρ)
λ
ιβ
. Ἡρακ(λ ) σ(εσ)η(μείωμαι).

Extracted Latin Text

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English Translation

Pekysis, son of Nepherotes, has paid (or registered payment)
on behalf of the poll-tax of Charax:
Year 1: ten drachmas, bath-tax:
Year 1: one obol
(symbol)
and additional registered payments. Year 1
of Nerva the lord (Emperor Nerva),
Mecheir (month),
30 (λ = 30),
12 (ιβ = 12).
I, Herakl..., have signed (or marked).

Notes:

• "διέγρα(ψεν)" is abbreviated from "διέγραψεν," meaning "he has paid" or "registered payment."
• "λαογραφία" refers to the poll-tax, a common tax in Roman Egypt.
• "βαλανεῖον" refers to a bath-tax, a tax levied for public baths.
• "Νέρουα τοῦ κυρίου" refers to Emperor Nerva (96–98 AD).
• "Μεχεὶρ" is an Egyptian month, roughly corresponding to late January–February.
• "Ἡρακ(λ ) σ(εσ)η(μείωμαι)" indicates the signature or mark of an official named Herakl(…). The abbreviation suggests a standard formula for official notation.