Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Συ̣[ρί]ων Λαύρ[ῳ χ]αίλιν

ἔ̣χ̣ω̣ ἐπὶ λόγου ἀπω

τοῦ ἐκφ̣ωρίου τοῦ ὀγδώου καὶ τριακόστου <ἔτους> Καίσα[ρο]ς

πυλοῦ ἀρτ̣ά̣βα[ς] ἑξήκοντα {τα} τρεῖς, (γίνονται) (ἀρτάβαι)

Latin

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Translation into English

Syrian, to Lavros, greetings.

I have on account of the distant...

of the tax of the eighth and three hundredth year of Caesar...

of the gate, sixty-three artae, (they become) (arta).

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Συ̣[ρί]ων Λαύρ[ῳ χ]αίλιν
ἔ̣χ̣ω̣ ἐπὶ λόγου ἀπω τοῦ ἐκφ̣ωρίου τοῦ ὀγδώου καὶ τριακόστου <ἔτους> Καίσα[ρο]ς
πυλοῦ ἀρτ̣ά̣βα[ς] ἑξήκοντα {τα} τρεῖς, (γίνονται) (ἀρτάβαι) ξγ

Corrected Greek Text (with Apparatus)

Συ̣[ρί]ων Λαύρ[ῳ χ]αίρειν
ἔ̣χ̣ω̣ ἐπὶ λόγου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκφορίου τοῦ ὀγδόου καὶ τριακόστου <ἔτους> Καίσα[ρο]ς
πυροῦ ἀρτ̣ά̣βα[ς] ἑξήκοντα τρεῖς, (γίνονται) (ἀρτάβαι) ξγ (63)

English Translation

"Sy[r]ion to Lauros, greetings.
I have on account from the granary of the thirty-eighth <year> of Caesar
sixty-three artabas of wheat (total: 63 artabas)."

Notes

• χ]αίρειν: Corrected from χ]αίλιν, standard greeting meaning "greetings."
• ἀπὸ: Corrected from ἀπω, meaning "from."
• ἐκφορίου: Corrected spelling, meaning "granary" or "storehouse."
• ὀγδόου: Corrected from ὀγδώου, meaning "eighth."
• πυροῦ: Corrected from πυλοῦ, meaning "of wheat."
• ἀρτάβαι: An artaba is an ancient measure of grain.
• ξγ: Greek numeral for 63.