Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Ἀρσι(νοΐτου) Ἡρακλ(είδου) μερίδος

Ἁρπαγάθου

ἐθετρήθησαν

ἡμεῖν

ἐν θησα(υρῷ) τῆς̣ προκ̣ειμένης

κώμης

τοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ μηνὸς

ἔτους Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνο]υ Καίσ̣α̣ρος τοῦ κυρίου

ἀπὸ γενή]μ̣(ατος) τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ διεληλυθό-

ἔτους πυροῦ ἀρτάβας

ἔτους ιβ Αὐρηλίου Ἀντω]νείνου

Ἁδ]ριανοῦ

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

To the strategos of Arsinoe, of the Heracleid portion, from Ammōnion Harpagathus and the partners of the grain merchants of the village.

They were established for us in the treasury of the aforementioned village in the month of Hadrian, of the current year 12 of the reign of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, from the birth of the year 20 of the harvest.

In the year 12 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar, of the lord Hadrian.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

]ι στρα(τηγῷ) Ἀρσι(νοΐτου) Ἡρακλ(είδου) μερίδος
[παρὰ Ἀ]μ̣μ̣ω̣νίο̣υ Ἁρπαγάθου καὶ
[μετόχ]ω̣ν̣ σι̣τ̣ο̣λ̣ό̣γ̣ων̣ κώμης
]ς̣. ἐθετρήθησαν
ἡμεῖν
[ἐν θησα(υρῷ) τῆ]ς̣ προκ̣ειμένης
[κώμης τῇ κ]η̣ το̣[ῦ Ἁ]δριανοῦ μηνὸς
[τοῦ ἐνεστῶτο]ς ιβ̣ (ἔτους) Αὐρηλίου
[Ἀντωνείνο]υ Καίσ̣α̣ρος τοῦ κυρίου
[ἀπὸ γενή]μ̣(ατος) τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ διεληλυθό-
[τος ια (ἔτους) πυροῦ] ἀρτάβας εἴκοσι.
[ἔτους ιβ Αὐρηλίου Ἀντω]νείνου
[Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ἁδ]ριανοῦ κη.

Apparatus Criticus (Textual Notes)

• Line 4: l. ἐμετρήθησαν (correct reading: ἐμετρήθησαν)
• Line 4: l. ἡμῖν (correct reading: ἡμῖν)
• Line 10: l. ἀρτάβαι (correct reading: ἀρτάβαι)

English Translation

"...to the strategos (governor) of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division,
from Ammonios son of Harpagathos and the associates, grain collectors of the village...
...were measured out to us
in the granary of the aforementioned village on the 28th day of the month Hadrianos
of the current 12th year of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar our lord,
from the produce of the past 11th year, twenty artabas of wheat.
Year 12 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar our lord, Hadrianos 28."

Notes on the Text

This document is a grain receipt or record from Roman Egypt, specifically from the Arsinoite nome (modern Fayum region). It records the measurement and storage of grain (wheat) in a village granary. The dating references the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (commonly known as Caracalla), placing the document in the early 3rd century CE. The month "Hadrianos" is part of the Egyptian calendar used during Roman rule.