Extracted Text

Koine Greek

λίτραι
ἀργυρί-
μυριάδες
ὑπερέτῃ
Ἐπὶφια
Θειοδοσίῳ
ἰ
ἰατρῷ
μυριάδες
Θεοδοσίῳ
Θεοδοσίῳ
Μεσoρὴ
Ἀσκληπιάδῃ
ὧν δέδωκα πρόσγρἀφόν τι Διονυσίῳ
οἴνου ξέσται
κρέως λίτραι
ἀχύρου (λιτρῶν) (μυριάδες)
τιμῆς ὄνου(τάλαντα)
διὰ Φιβίου Ὑπερ(εχίου) νόμισμα
τῷ Ἰῶστε
τῷ ἐπαρχικῷ
τοῦ σίτου σπαθία
πὰρὰ τῆς γυναικὸς Ἀμμωνίου
Ὑπερεχίου (τάλαντα)
πὰρὰ Ἀμμωνίου ἀπὸ Βερκὺ
πὰρὰ Ἀριστοβούλ(ου) (τάλαντα)

Latin

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Translation into English

liters
silver
myriad
servant
upon
Theodosius
I
physician
myriad
to Theodosius
to Theodosius
Mesor
Asclepiades
of which I have given a certain document to Dionysius
wine will be
of meat liters
of chaff (liters) (myriads)
of honor (talents)
through Phibius Hyperchius coin
to Ioste
to the provincial
of the grain spathia
from the wife of Ammonius
Hyperchius (talents)
from Ammonius from Berku
from Aristobulus (talents)

Extracted Koine Greek Text

λί(τραι)
ἀργ(υρί-)[ου]
(μυριάδες) ΒΕψ
ὑπερέτῃ
[Ἐ]πὶφια
Θεοδοσίῳ ἰατρῷ
(μυριάδες)
Θεοδοσίῳ (μυριάδες) ΑΕ
ις´ Θεοδοσίῳ
Μεσορ(ὴ) Ἀσκλ̣η̣π̣[ιάδ]ῃ Β
ὑπὲρ ὧν δέδωκα πρόσγραφόν τι Διονυσίῳ
οἴνου ξ(έσται) τν
κρέως λί(τραι) φ
ἀχύρου (λιτρῶν) (μυριάδες) ΑΕ
τιμ(ῆς) ὄνου (τάλαντα) η
δι(ὰ) Φιβίου Ὑπερ(εχίου) νόμ(ισμα) α
τῷ Ἰοῦστε τῷ ἐπαρχικῷ
τοῦ σίτου σπαθ(ία)
π(αρὰ) τῆς γυναικὸς Ἀμμωνίου
Ὑπερεχίου (τάλαντα) Α
π(αρὰ) Ἀμμωνίου ἀπὸ Βερκ[ὺ]
π(αρὰ) Ἀριστοβούλ(ου) (τάλαντα) Β

Apparatus (Corrections)

• ὑπηρέτῃ (instead of ὑπερέτῃ)
• Θεοδοσίῳ (corrected spelling)
• ἰατρῷ (instead of ϊατρω)
• ὑπέρ (instead of ϋπερ)
• Ἰοῦστε (instead of Ἰῶστε)

English Translation

Litres
Of silver [money]
(Myriads) 21500 (ΒΕψ = 21500)
To the attendant (servant)
On the festival of Epiphia (?)
To Theodosius the physician
(Myriads)
To Theodosius (myriads) 15 (ΑΕ = 15)
16 to Theodosius
In the month Mesore, to Asklepiades, 2
On behalf of what I have given, I have written something additional to Dionysius:
Wine, 350 sextarii (ξέσται = sextarii)
Meat, 500 litres (λίτραι φ = 500)
Straw, (litres) (myriads) 15 (ΑΕ = 15)
Price of a donkey, 8 talents (τάλαντα η = 8)
Through Phibius Hyperechius, 1 coin (νόμισμα α = 1)
To Justus the eparchial official
Of wheat, spathia (a measure or type of wheat)
From the wife of Ammonius
Of Hyperechius, talents 1 (τάλαντα Α = 1)
From Ammonius from Berk[... (place name incomplete)]
From Aristobulus, talents 2 (τάλαντα Β = 2)

Notes on Abbreviations and Terms

• λί(τραι): litres (a measure of volume or weight)
• ἀργ(υρί-): silver (money)
• μυριάδες: myriads (units of 10,000)
• ξ(έσται): sextarii (Roman measure of liquid)
• τιμ(ῆς): price, value
• ὄνου: donkey
• τάλαντα: talents (unit of currency)
• νόμ(ισμα): coin, currency
• ἐπαρχικῷ: eparchial (official related to provincial administration)
• σπαθ(ία): spathia (possibly a measure or type of wheat)
• π(αρὰ): from, by (indicating source or origin)