Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτους

ἁλικῆς

ἐρεῶν διὰ Σωστράτου

Ἀλέξ̣ανδ̣ρ̣(ος)

Latin

Mechìr

Taṇạῖβις (πεντώβολον) (τέταρτον)

Translation

Year (ἔτους) 12 (ιβ) of Mechìr (Μεχὶρ), age (ἁλικῆς) of the eroi (ἐρεῶν) through Sostratus (Σωστράτου), Taṇạῖbis (Taṇạῖβις) (fivefold) (πεντώβολον) (fourth) (τέταρτον). Written by Alexander (Ἀλέξ̣ανδ̣ρ̣(ος)).

Extracted Koine Greek Text:

(ἔτους) ιβ Μεχὶρ κζ.
ἁλικῆς ἐρεῶν διὰ Σωστράτου
Ταν̣α̣ῖβις (πεντώβολον) (τέταρτον).
ἔγραψεν Ἀλέξ̣ανδ̣ρ̣(ος).

English Translation:

(Year) 12, Mechir 27.
Salt tax, wool, through Sostratos.
Tanaibis: five obols, one quarter.
Alexandros wrote (this).

Notes:

• ἔτους ιβ Μεχὶρ κζ: "Year 12, Mechir 27" (Mechir is an Egyptian month).
• ἁλικῆς: "of salt" or "salt tax."
• ἐρεῶν: "of wool."
• διὰ Σωστράτου: "through Sostratos" (indicating the person responsible or intermediary).
• Ταν̣α̣ῖβις: "Tanaibis," likely a personal or place name.
• πεντώβολον τέταρτον: "five obols, one quarter" (monetary units).
• ἔγραψεν Ἀλέξανδρος: "Alexandros wrote (this)," indicating the scribe or author.
• The text includes "(Demotic)" placeholders, indicating sections originally written in Demotic Egyptian script, which are not transcribed here.