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Koine Greek

ἔτους ὀγ[δόου] Αὐτοκράτορο[ς] Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι Θὼτ (*) κζ. ἐν Βακχιάδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδο(υ) μερίδο(ς) τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτ[ου] [νο]μοῦ. ὁμολογεῖ Ἀπ̣ο̣λ̣λ̣ώνιο(ς) Ὡ̣ρίων̣[ο]ς τ[ο]ῦ Ἀ[πολλω]νίου Λίβυς ὡς ἐτῶν πεντή- κοντα δύ[ο ο]ὐλὴ πήχει δεξιῶι Κράτωνι κ[ρ]ά̣τ̣ωνος ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀκτὼ οὐ̣[λ]ὴ μετόπῳ (*) ἐγ (*) δεξι[ῶ]ν̣ ὑπὸ τ̣ρ̣[ ̣ ]̣ τα πε- [πρα]κ̣έναι αὐτῶι τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα ὄ̣ν̣[ο]ν̣ ἄρρενα ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ ην λευκομυώχρουν (*) [τ]ο̣ῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀναπόριφον ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣ τωι̣

Latin

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Translation into English

In the year of the eighth (of the reign) of the Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian, in the month of the August, on the seventh and the twentieth of Thoth, in the Bacchiad of the district of Heracleides of the Arsinoite nome. Apollonios, son of Horion, of the Apollonian Libyan, acknowledges that he is fifty-two years old, with a right cubit, and Kraton, son of Kraton, is forty-eight years old, with a left cubit. He has made an agreement to perform the actions that he has acknowledged, being a male of a certain white color, such as this one, without any doubt.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτους ὀγ[δόου] Αὐτοκράτορο[ς] Καίσαρος
Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ
μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι Θὼτ
κζ. ἐν Βακχιάδι τῆς Ἡρακλείδο(υ) μερίδο(ς)
τοῦ Ἀρσινοείτ[ου] νομοῦ.
ὁμολογεῖ Ἀπ̣ο̣λ̣λ̣ώνιο(ς)
Ὡ̣ρίων̣[ο]ς τ[ο]ῦ Ἀ[πολλω]νίου Λίβυς ὡς ἐτῶν πεντή-
κοντα δύ[ο ο]ὐλὴ πήχει δεξιῶι Κράτωνι
κ[ρ]ά̣τ̣ωνος ὡς ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα ὀκτὼ
οὐ̣[λ]ὴ μετόπῳ ἐκ δεξι[ῶ]ν̣ ὑπὸ τ̣ρ̣[ - - - ]
[πεπρα]κ̣έναι αὐτῶι τὸν ὁμολογοῦντα
ὄ̣ν̣[ο]ν̣ ἄρρενα [ - - - ]ην λευκομυώχρουν
[τ]ο̣ῦτον τοιοῦτον ἀναπόριφον [ - - - ]τωι̣

English Translation

In the eighth year of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus,
on the twenty-seventh day of the month Sebastos (August), which is Thoth,
at Bacchias in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome.
Apollonios, son of Horion, grandson of Apollonios, a Libyan, about fifty-two years old,
with a scar on his right forearm, acknowledges to Kraton, son of Kraton,
about forty-eight years old, with a scar on the right side of his forehead under the [ - - - ],
that he has sold to him, the declarant, a male donkey,
[ - - - ] white mouse-colored, of such a description, without defect [ - - - ].

Notes on Apparatus

• Line 3: "Θὼτ" should read "Θὼθ" (Thoth).
• Line 5: "Ἀρσινοείτ[ου]" should read "Ἀρσινοίτ[ου]" (Arsinoite).
• Line 9: "μετόπῳ" should read "μετώπῳ" (forehead).
• Line 9: "ἐγ" should read "ἐκ" (from, on).
• Line 11: "λευκομυώχρουν" should read "λευκομυόχρουν" (white mouse-colored).