Extracted Text

Koine Greek

τετελ(ώνηται) δι[(ὰ) πύλ(ης) τῆς δεῖνος] (ἑκατοστὴν) καὶ (πεντηκοστὴν) Νεπω-τιανὸς ἐξ(άγων) ἐ[πὶ] ὄνῳ ἑνὶ ὀρόβ̣[ου] (ἀρτάβας) τ̣ρ[εῖ]ς (ἔτους) ζ̣ (?)(*) Παῦνι̣ ἐνν̣ε̣[α-] καιδεκάτῃ̣ ι̣θ̣

Latin

(*)

Translation into English

It is completed through the gate of the terrible (one), the hundredth and the fiftieth Nepotian, leading forth upon one of the (unknown) (three) (years) (?). Pauni in the ninth and tenth (month) (of the year) (19).

Extracted Koine Greek Text

τετελ(ώνηται) δι[(ὰ) πύλ(ης) τῆς δεῖνος]
(ἑκατοστὴν) καὶ (πεντηκοστὴν) Νεπω-
τιανὸς
ἐξ(άγων) ἐ[πὶ]
ὄνῳ ἑνὶ ὀρόβ̣[ου]
(ἀρτάβας) τ̣ρ[εῖ]ς (ἔτους)
ζ̣
Παῦνι̣ ἐνν̣ε̣[α-]
καιδεκάτῃ̣
ι̣θ̣

Extracted Latin Text

Nepotianus

English Translation

"Tax has been paid through the gate of so-and-so.
Nepotianus (has paid) the one percent tax (ἑκατοστή) and the half-percent tax (πεντηκοστή),
exporting on one donkey three artabas of vetch (ὄροβος),
in the 7th year,
on the nineteenth (19th) of Pauni."

Notes:

• τετελώνηται (tetelōnētai): "tax has been paid."
• διὰ πύλης τῆς δεῖνος (dia pylēs tēs deinos): "through the gate of so-and-so" (placeholder for an unspecified gate).
• ἑκατοστή (hekatostē): "one percent tax."
• πεντηκοστή (pentēkostē): "half-percent tax."
• ἐξάγων ἐπὶ ὄνῳ ἑνὶ (exagōn epi onō heni): "exporting on one donkey."
• ὄροβος (orobos): "vetch," a type of legume.
• ἀρτάβας τρεῖς (artabas treis): "three artabas" (an artaba is an ancient measure of grain or dry goods).
• ἔτους ζ (etous z): "in the 7th year."
• Παῦνι ἐννεακαιδεκάτῃ (Pauni enneakaidekatē): "on the nineteenth of Pauni" (Pauni is an Egyptian month).
• Nepotianus: Latin proper name, likely the individual responsible for the transaction.

Apparatus Criticus (Textual Notes)

• Lines 2-3: BL 9.112 reads "Ν̣έ̣ω̣ν̣ [  ̣  ̣  ̣]τί̣ο̣νος" (previous edition).
• Line 5: BL 9.112 reads "ἕ̣[κτου]" (previous edition).