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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

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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.