Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτος
Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου
Παρθικοῦ μεγίστου Βρεντανικοῦ
μεγίστου Γερμανικοῦ
μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Μεχεὶρ
διέγρ(αψεν)
Ὀρσενοῦφι καὶ μετόχ(οις) ἐν κλή(ρῳ) πρακ(τορίας) ἀργυ(ρικῶν) Ἡφαιστιάδος
Διόσκορ̣ος̣ πρωεστὼς
συνόδου ὑπ(ὲρ) φόρος
φυτῶν
(ἔτους) δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ξ, Φ̣α̣μενὼθ ϛ δραχμὰς δέ̣[κα] δ̣ύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ, Πα[χὼν ϛ] δ̣ρ̣αχμὰς εἴκοσι τέσ-σαρες, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ[δ, Παῦν]ι̣ ϛ δρ[αχμὰς εἴκοσι] τ̣έ̣σ̣σ̣[αρα]ς̣, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κδ, Μεσορὴ ϛ δρ[αχμὰς (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ)].

Latin

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Translation into English

Year
Of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus
The greatest Parthian of Britain
The greatest Germanic
The greatest of Eusebius the August
(He) wrote
To Orsenouphis and the partners in the lot of the silver of Hephaestus
Dioscorus the proestus
Of the assembly under the tax
Of plants
(Year) sixty drachmas, (they become) (drachmas) x, Phamenoth 6 drachmas two, (they become) (drachmas) 12, Pachon 6 drachmas twenty-four, (they become) (drachmas) 24, Pauni 6 drachmas twenty, (they become) (drachmas) 24, Mesore 6 drachmas (they become) (drachmas).

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτο̣υς̣ κ̣ β Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου Παρθικοῦ μεγίστου Βρεντανικοῦ μεγίσ̣τ̣ο̣υ Γερ̣μανικοῦ μ̣εγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Μεχεὶρ ε. διέγρ(αψεν) Ὀρσενοῦφι καὶ μετόχ(οις) ἐν κλή(ρῳ) πρακ(τορίας) ἀργυ(ρικῶν) Ἡφαιστιάδος Διόσκορ̣ος̣ πρωεστὼς συνόδου ὑπ(ὲρ) φόρος φυτῶν κα (ἔτους) δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ξ, Φ̣α̣μενὼθ ϛ δραχμὰς δέ̣[κα] δ̣ύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ, Πα[χὼν ϛ] δ̣ρ̣αχμὰς εἴκοσι τέσσαρες, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ[δ, Παῦν]ι̣ ϛ δρ[αχμὰς εἴκοσι] τ̣έ̣σ̣σ̣[αρα]ς̣, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κδ, Μεσορὴ ϛ δρ[αχμὰς ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ̣  ̣].

Extracted Latin Text

(No explicit Latin text found; the text is predominantly Greek with abbreviations and numerals.)

English Translation

In the 22nd year of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus, greatest Parthicus, Britannicus, greatest Germanicus, greatest Pious Augustus, on the 5th of Mecheir, Dioskoros, the president of the association (synodos), registered for Orsenouphis and his partners in the allotment of the tax-collection of silver (argyrikon) of Hephaistiades, concerning the tax on plants for the 21st year: 60 drachmas, total 60 drachmas; on the 6th of Phamenoth, 12 drachmas, total 12 drachmas; on the 6th of Pachon, 24 drachmas, total 24 drachmas; on the 6th of Pauni, 24 drachmas, total 24 drachmas; on the 6th of Mesore, drachmas [uncertain amount], total [uncertain amount].

Notes:

• The text is a Greek administrative document from Roman Egypt, dating by the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus (Caracalla).
• It records payments of taxes (φόρος) related to plants (φυτῶν) in drachmas, specifying dates according to the Egyptian calendar months (Mecheir, Phamenoth, Pachon, Pauni, Mesore).
• Abbreviations and numerals are expanded and clarified in parentheses.
• Some amounts and words are partially damaged or uncertain, indicated by brackets and question marks.