Extracted Text

Koine Greek

μελισσουργὸς Βουσίριος τοῦ Ἡρακλεοπολίτου

ρ̣αι οἱ τελῶναι κυριεύοσαν

ν γὰρ παρατιθεμένων τοῖς

α̣ι προίονται

τοῖς ἱππεῦσιν τὰ ζμήν̣η

ἐντε]υξιν ἵνα σοι δοι

ἔστιν δὲ τὰ ζμήνη

πολίτου, Ἡρακλεοπολίτου, Ὀξυρυγ-

ἐπ]ισκέψασθαι περὶ μοῦ διπλοῦς τοῦς

π̣ερὶ τούτων.

εὐτύχει.

(ἔτους) λ , Λωίου [ιη] Μ̣ε̣σο[ρὴ] ιη.

Ἀπολλωνίωι π[αρ]ὰ̣ Σ̣αμῶ̣τος μελισσουργοῦ.

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

The beekeeper Bousirios of Heracleopolis

For the tax collectors were in charge

For those who are being presented to the

they are offered

to the horsemen the honey

to give you a gift

And there is the honey

of the citizen, of Heracleopolis, of Oxyrhynchus

to inspect about me, the double of the

concerning these things.

Good fortune.

(Year) l, of Lousios [18] Mesor [18].

To Apollonios from Samothrace, the beekeeper.