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Koine Greek

Πτολεμ]αιέων Ἀρσιν[ο]ε̣ι̣τ̣ῶν ἄρχοντες βουλὴ διὰ Α̣ὐ̣ρηλ̣ί̣ων̣

[ἀρ]χ̣ι̣ε̣ρ̣ατεύσαντος καὶ Πτολεμαίου ἀγορανο(μήσαντος) βουλ(ευτῶν) αἱρεθέντ(ων) ἐπὶ

τῆ̣ς̣ τ̣[ῶν κατα-]

[λοχ]ισ(μῶν) εἰσπράξεως Αὐρηλίῳ

Ἑλένῃ Πεεβαῦτος μ̣η(τρὸς) Ταήσεως ἀπὸ κώ(μης)

χ̣αίρειν. διέγρ(αψας) ἡμῖν τ̣έ̣λος μετεπιγ(ραφῆς) ὧν παρεχω(ρήθης) περὶ κώ̣[

Ἡρακ[λε]ί-

[ας κ]λ̣ή(ρου) κ(ατ)οι(κικοῦ) (ἀρουρῶν)

παρὰ Ἁρποκρατιαίνης Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ἡ̣ρ̣α̣κ̣λ̣[είδ(ου) τὰς σ]υ̣ναγομέν(ας)

τ̣οῦ τέλους πλήρης.

Αὐρήλιος Πτολεμαῖος ἀγορανο(μήσας) βουλ(ευτὴς) σεση(μείωμαι).

[(ἔτους)] θ̣

Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξά̣ν̣[δ]ρ̣ο̣υ̣ Ε̣[ὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυ-]

[χοῦς] Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ κ̣

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

Of the Ptolemaic rulers of Arsinoe, the council through Aurelius,

the high priest having served and Ptolemy having been elected as a market official,

concerning the collection of taxes for Aurelius.

To Helen, daughter of Peebatus, from the village, greetings. Having written to us about the tax of which you were provided concerning the village.

Hercules, of the land of the Heracleidae,

from the land of Harpokratia, of Heracleides, the Heracleidae, the assemblies of the tax are complete.

Aurelius Ptolemy, having been elected as a market official, is recorded.

In the year of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, of Eusebius, of Eutyches, the Augustan Mesore.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[Πτολεμ]αιέων Ἀρσιν[ο]ε̣ι̣τ̣ῶν ἄρχοντες βουλὴ διὰ Α̣ὐ̣ρηλ̣ί̣ων̣ [...]
[ἀρ]χ̣ι̣ε̣ρ̣ατεύσαντος καὶ Πτολεμαίου ἀγορανο(μήσαντος) βουλ(ευτῶν) αἱρεθέντ(ων) ἐπὶ τῆ̣ς̣ τ̣[ῶν κατα-]
[λοχ]ισ(μῶν) εἰσπράξεως Αὐρηλίῳ (*) Ἑλένῃ Πεεβαῦτος μ̣η(τρὸς) Ταήσεως ἀπὸ κώ(μης) [...]
[...] χ̣αίρειν. διέγρ(αψας) ἡμῖν τ̣έ̣λος μετεπιγ(ραφῆς) ὧν παρεχω(ρήθης) περὶ κώ̣[μ(ην)]
(*) Ἡρακ[λε]ί-
[ας κ]λ̣ή(ρου) κ(ατ)οι(κικοῦ) (ἀρουρῶν) ιε παρὰ Ἁρποκρατιαίνης Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Ἡ̣ρ̣α̣κ̣λ̣[είδ(ου) τὰς σ]υ̣ναγομέν(ας)
τ̣οῦ τέλους πλήρης.
Αὐρήλιος Πτολεμαῖος ἀγορανο(μήσας) βουλ(ευτὴς) σεση(μείωμαι).
[(ἔτους)] θ̣ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξά̣ν̣[δ]ρ̣ο̣υ̣ Ε̣[ὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυ-]
[χοῦς] Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ κ̣.

Extracted Latin Text

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English Translation

"[To the] magistrates and council of the [Ptolem]aic Arsinoite nome, through Aurelii [...]
During the high priesthood and the agoranomia (market supervision) of Ptolemaios, and the councilors chosen for the collection of [taxes or assessments], to Aurelius (*) Helenē, daughter of Peebaus, whose mother is Taēsis, from the village of [...], greetings.
You have registered for us the transfer tax (metepigraphē) concerning the properties transferred to you around the village of [...] of the Herakleia cleruchic allotment, amounting to 15 arouras, from Harpokratiainē, daughter of Herakleides, son of Herakleides, the full amount of the tax having been paid.
I, Aurelius Ptolemaios, former agoranomos and councilor, have signed.
Year 9 of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, Pious, Fortunate, Augustus, month Mesore."

Notes:

• "ἀγορανο(μήσαντος)" = "having served as agoranomos" (market supervisor)
• "βουλ(ευτῶν)" = "councilors"
• "μετεπιγ(ραφῆς)" = "transfer tax" or "registration fee for property transfer"
• "κ(ατ)οι(κικοῦ)" = "cleruchic" (pertaining to land allotments given to settlers)
• "ἀρουρῶν" = "arouras" (Egyptian land measurement unit)
• "σεση(μείωμαι)" = "I have signed"
• "Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου" = "Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander" (Roman Emperor, ruled AD 222–235)
• "Μεσορὴ" = "Mesore" (Egyptian month, roughly August)