Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτους

Παῦνι

τέ(τακται) ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Διὸς πό(λει)

τῆι με(γάλῃ) τρά(πεζαν) ἐφʼ ἧς Πα̣ά̣τ̣ης νιτρικῆς

πλύνου

ε̣ω̣ν̣ Σ̣ταλ( ) δισ-

χιλίας ὀγδοήκοντα πέντε.

(γίνονται(?))

Πα(άτης) τρα(πεζίτης)

Latin

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Translation into English

Year

To Pauni

It is arranged upon the city of Zeus

At the great table upon which Patēs of nitre

Washes

Of the years of Stal ( ) two thousand eighty-five.

(Are they being made(?))

To Patēs, the banker

Extracted Koine Greek Text

(ἔτους) κϛ Παῦνι ιε τέ(τακται) ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Διὸς πό(λει) τῆι με(γάλῃ) τρά(πεζαν) ἐφʼ ἧς Πα̣ά̣τ̣ης νιτρικῆς πλύνου κϛ (ἔτους) ε̣ω̣ν̣ Σ̣ταλ( ) δισχιλίας ὀγδοήκοντα πέντε. (γίνονται(?)) Βπε. Πα(άτης) τρα(πεζίτης) Βυ.

English Translation

(Year) 26, Pauni 15. Assigned to the great bank in Diospolis, upon which Paates [is responsible for] the washing of nitron. Year 26 ... Stal(...) two thousand eighty-five. (Total(?)): 285. Paates, banker: 420.

Note: The text is fragmentary and abbreviated, making a fully certain translation difficult. "Διὸς πόλις" (Diospolis) refers to a city named after Zeus, commonly identified with ancient Thebes in Egypt. "Νιτρική" (nitron) refers to natron, a naturally occurring mineral salt used in ancient Egypt for cleaning and purification.