Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτους θ, Ἁθὺρ κζ, ἐπὶ β̣[ασι-]λέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλ(ίσσης) Κλεοπάτρας τῆς καὶ Τρυφα(ίνης) θεῶν Φιλοπα(τόρων) Φιλ(α)δέλ(φων) καθέσταται ἱερὰ ζῶια, ἐπὶ Τοτοέους στρατη(γοῦ), καὶ Μενάνδρου καὶ Ἑρμίου οἰκο(νόμου) κα̣[ὶ] Καλλίου τοπογρα(μματέως) καὶ τῶν ἄλλων θιασιτῶν, ἀριθμῶι Αρδ.

Latin

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Translation into English

In the year 8, in the 27th year of the reign of King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra and of Tryphaena, the sacred animals of the gods Philopator and Philadelphus are established, under the general Totoeus, and Menander and Hermius the steward, and Callius the topographer, and the other members of the thiasos, in number 100.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτους θ, Ἁθὺρ κζ, ἐπὶ β̣[ασι-]
λέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλ(ίσσης)
Κλεοπάτρας τῆς καὶ Τρυφα(ίνης)
θεῶν Φιλοπα(τόρων) Φιλ(α)δέλ(φων) καθέσταται
ἱερὰ ζῶια, ἐπὶ Τοτοέους στρατη(γοῦ),
καὶ Μενάνδρου καὶ Ἑρμίου οἰκο(νόμου) κα̣[ὶ]
Καλλίου τοπογρα(μματέως) καὶ τῶν
ἄλλων θιασιτῶν, ἀριθμῶι Αρδ.

English Translation

In the 9th year, on the 27th of Hathyr, during the reign of King Ptolemy and Queen Cleopatra, also called Tryphaena, the gods Philopatores Philadelphoi, sacred animals are established, under the strategos Totoes, and Menandros, and Hermias the steward, and Kallias the topogrammateus (local scribe), and the other members of the association (thiasitai), numbering 104.

Notes:

• ἔτους θ (theta): "In the 9th year."
• Ἁθὺρ κζ (kappa-zeta): "27th of Hathyr," an Egyptian month.
• θεῶν Φιλοπατόρων Φιλαδέλφων: "Gods who love their father and siblings," a common royal epithet.
• στρατηγός (strategos): Military governor or general.
• οἰκονόμος (oikonomos): Steward or financial administrator.
• τοπογραμματεύς (topogrammateus): Local scribe or registrar.
• θιασῖται (thiasitai): Members of a religious or social association (thiasos).
• ἀριθμῶι Αρδ (Ard): "Number 104" (Greek numerals: Α=1, Ρ=100, Δ=4).