Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτους κϛ, Μεχεὶρ
ἀρτάβας τετρακοσείας
σαράκοντα ὀκτώ
γίνονται
ἔτους κϛ, Μεχεὶρ
ὁμολογεῖ Ἡρακλείδης ναύκληρος τῆς Ἡρακλείτου προσαγογείτος
ἀρταβῶν Γφ ἐμβεβλῆσθαι ἐπεὶ
τατὰ Πτολεμαειτα ὁρμον
ὥστε εἰς Ἀλεξάντρεαν
εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων τοῦ
ἔτους δειὰ Ἡρακλειοτόρου τοῦ ἀντιγραφομένου παρὰ βασειλεικοῦ
γραμματέως περεὶ
ἀρτάβας τετρακοσί-
ας τ[εσσα]ρ[ά]κ[οντα] ὀ[κ]το
γίνονται
μέτρῳ δοχεικῶι
το συμβεβημένῳ
πρὸ τὸ χαλκοῦν καὶ σχυτάλῃ
δεικαίᾳ καὶ οὐθὲν ἐκαλῶ.

Latin

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Translation into English

Year 26, Mecheir
400 artabas
48
they are made
Year 26, Mecheir
Heracleides, the shipmaster of Heracleitus, agrees
that 400 artabas have been deposited since
the tax of the Ptolemaic harbor
so that it goes to Alexandria
into the royal from the produce of the
year of Heracleitus, the one copied from the royal
secretary concerning
400 artabas
they are made
in the measure of the deposit
concerning the incident
before the bronze and the skytalē
in the demonstration and I do not blame anything.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[(ἔτους) κϛ, Μεχεὶρ] κε [(ἀρτάβας) τετρακοσίας] τ[εσσαράκοντα ὀ]κτὼ (γίνονται) υμη ἔτους κϛ, Μεχεὶρ 5 κε. ὁμολογεῖ Ἡρακλείδης ναύκληρος τῆς Ἡρακλείτου προσαγωγίδος (ἀρταβῶν) Γφ ἐμβεβλῆσθαι ἐπὶ τοῦ κατὰ Πτολεμαΐδα ὅρμου ὥστε εἰς Ἀλεξάνδρειαν εἰς τὸ βασιλικὸν ἀπὸ τῶν γενημάτων τοῦ κε (ἔτους) διὰ Ἡρακλεοτόρου τοῦ ἀντιγραφομένου παρὰ βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως περὶ [τὸ] ἐργασ[τήριον(?)].

[ἀρτάβας τετρακοσίας] τ[εσσα]ρ[ά]κ[οντα] ὀ[κ]τὼ (γίνονται) υμη μέτρῳ δοχικῷ τῷ συμβεβλημένῳ πρὸς τὸ χαλκοῦν καὶ σκυτάλῃ δικαίᾳ καὶ οὐθὲν ἐγκαλῶ.

English Translation

[(Year) 26, Mecheir] 25th. [(Four hundred) forty-eight artabas] (total) 448, year 26, Mecheir 25th. Herakleides, captain of the ship belonging to Herakleitos' transport vessel, acknowledges that 530 artabas have been loaded at the harbor near Ptolemais, to be delivered to Alexandria, to the royal granary, from the produce of the 25th year, through Herakleotoros, who is registered by the royal scribe concerning the [workshop(?)].

[Four hundred] forty-eight artabas (total) 448, measured by the agreed-upon standard measure against the bronze (standard) and by a just measuring rod, and I make no complaint.