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Koine Greek

Αὐ̣ρ̣ηλίῳ Ἀμπελίῳ β(ενε)φ(ικιαρίῳ) ἐπάρχ[ο]υ Αἰγύπτου
π̣α̣ρ̣ὰ̣ Α̣ὐ̣ρηλίου Πατερμουθίου χοι̣ρ̣οκόπτου
ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ τ̣ῆ̣ς̣ λ̣αμπρᾶς καὶ λα̣μ̣προτάτης
Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν
π̣ο̣λ̣[εως]
ἡ̣μ̣έ̣ρ̣α̣ι̣ ἐμοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἔθος ἐξασφα-
λίσ̣α̣ν̣τ̣ο̣ς̣ τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ ἡμετέραν ἔπαυλιν, οὖσαν ἐπʼ ἀμ-
φόδου Π̣ο̣ι̣μενικῆς γιτνιεύουσαν
Θωνίῳ τινὶ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἔνθα τυγχάνι
χοιρ̣ί̣α̣ τ̣ὸ̣ν̣ ἀριθμὸν ἕξ , οἴκοι ἀνεχώρησα·
καὶ μεθʼ ὥραν μίαν ἠγγέλη μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ
γείτονος Θ̣ω̣νίου ὡς ἀτοπήματος γεγενη-
μένου τῇ ἐ̣π̣αύλει, καὶ παραυτὸ ἐγενόμην
[σὺν ἄλλο]ι[ς τῆς αὐ]τῆς πόλεως, οἵτινες παρα-
[γένοντο ἅμʼ] ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ Θωνίῳ, ἐπὶ
[τὴν αὐτὴν] ἔ̣παυλιν· καὶ κατελαβόμεθα
ν̣εαν ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τ̣ῷ̣ τῆς ἐπαύλεως τοίχῳ
καὶ γ̣ν̣ω̣στὴ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Θωνίου
θ]ύ̣ραν ἐπισφραγεῖσαν ἀνεωγμέ-
[νη
τῶ]ν χοίρω[ν] ἓξ χοίραν
[μίαν
α̣ τὸ αἷμα ἀπέκειτο

Latin

(beneficariorum)
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Translation into English

To Aurelius Ambeilius, the prefect of Egypt, from Aurelius Patermuthius, the pig butcher:
From the splendid and most illustrious city of Oxyrhynchus, on the day of my customary allocation of our estate, which is situated at the junction of the pastoral land, to a certain Thonius from the same city, where there are six pigs, I withdrew to my house.
And after one hour, I was informed by my neighbor Thonius that an incident had occurred at the estate, and immediately I was present with others from the same city, who came along with me and Thonius to the same estate.
And we found a young pig at the wall of the estate, and the door of the same Thonius was found sealed, opened, and the blood of one pig was lying there.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Αὐ̣ρ̣ηλίῳ Ἀμπελίῳ β(ενε)φ(ικιαρίῳ) ἐπάρχ[ο]υ Αἰγύπτου
π̣α̣ρ̣ὰ̣ Α̣ὐ̣ρηλίου Πατερμουθίου χοι̣ρ̣οκόπτου
ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ τ̣ῆ̣ς̣ λ̣αμπρᾶς καὶ λα̣μ̣προτάτης
Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν π̣ο̣λ̣[εως]
αφ χν̣ων τῇ̣ προδιελ-
θ̣ο̣ύ̣σ̣η̣ι̣ ἡ̣μ̣έ̣ρ̣α̣ι̣ ἐμοῦ κατὰ τὸ ἔθος ἐξασφα-
λίσ̣α̣ν̣τ̣ο̣ς̣ τ̣ὴ̣ν̣ ἡμετέραν ἔπαυλιν, οὖσαν ἐπʼ ἀμ-
φόδου Π̣ο̣ι̣μενικῆς γειτνιεύουσαν Θωνίῳ
τινὶ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ἔνθα τυγχάνει
χοιρ̣ί̣α̣ τ̣ὸ̣ν̣ ἀριθμὸν ἕξ, οἴκοι ἀνεχώρησα·
καὶ μεθʼ ὥραν μίαν ἠγγέλη μοι ὑπὸ τοῦ
γείτονος Θ̣ω̣νίου ὡς ἀτοπήματος γεγενη-
μένου τῇ ἐ̣π̣αύλει, καὶ παραυτὸ ἐγενόμην
[σὺν ἄλλο]ι[ς τῆς αὐ]τῆς πόλεως, οἵτινες παρα-
[γένοντο ἅμʼ] ἐμοὶ καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ Θωνίῳ, ἐπὶ
[τὴν αὐτὴν] ἔ̣παυλιν· καὶ κατελαβόμεθα
[ ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ]ν̣εαν ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τ̣ῷ̣ τῆς ἐπαύλεως τοίχῳ
καὶ γ̣ν̣ω̣στὴ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Θωνίου
[θ]ύ̣ραν ἐπισφραγεῖσαν ἀνεωγμέ-
[νην ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ] ω̣ν̣ [τῶ]ν χοίρω[ν] ἓξ χοίραν
[μίαν ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩ ]α̣ τὸ αἷμα ἀπέκειτο

Extracted Latin Text (abbreviations expanded)

β(ενε)φ(ικιαρίῳ) = beneficiario

English Translation

To Aurelius Ampelius, beneficiarius of the prefect of Egypt,
from Aurelius Patermuthius, pork-butcher,
from the splendid and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites.
On the previous day, after I had secured, according to custom, our farmhouse,
located in the Poimenike quarter, neighboring a certain Thonius
from the same city, where there happened to be six pigs, I returned home.
And after one hour, it was reported to me by my neighbor Thonius
that a crime had occurred at the farmhouse. Immediately I went there
[with others] from the same city, who arrived together with me and the same Thonius,
at the same farmhouse. And we found [...] on the wall of the farmhouse,
and a female acquaintance of the same Thonius,
and the door, previously sealed, opened,
and of the six pigs, one sow [...] and blood was lying there.