Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἔτους

δ

Λουκίου Σε[πτιμίου]

Σεουήρου Περτίνακος [Σεβαστοῦ]

Φαῶφι ἀριθ(μήσεως) Θώθ. [δι(έγραψε)]

Μάξιμος Ἀμμ( ) το(ῦ) Ἡρακλ(έους) [μη(τρὸς)]

⁦ -ca.?- ⁩

ὑ(πὲρ) λαογρ(αφίας) τρίτου ἔτ[ους

⁦ -ca.?- ⁩

(δραχμὰς(?)) εἴκοσι, (γίνονται(?))

κ

πρ(οσδιαγραφόμενα) χα(λκοῦ) [ὀβ(ολοὶ) δέκα ].

Latin

None extracted.

Translation into English

Year

4

Of Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax [of the Augustan family]

Pharaoh, number of Thoth. [wrote]

Maximus Amm( ) of Heracles [mother]

⁦ -ca.?- ⁩

For the third year of the people’s record

⁦ -ca.?- ⁩

(Drachmas(?)) twenty, (they are(?))

k

Recorded in bronze [ten obols].

Extracted Koine Greek Text

ἔτους δ
Λουκίου Σε[πτιμίου]
Σεουήρου Περτίνακος [Σεβαστοῦ]
Φαῶφι ἀριθ(μήσεως) Θώθ. [δι(έγραψε)]
Μάξιμος Ἀμμ( ) το(ῦ) Ἡρακλ(έους) [μη(τρὸς)
⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
ὑ(πὲρ) λαογρ(αφίας) τρίτου ἔτ[ους
⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
(δραχμὰς(?)) εἴκοσι, (γίνονται(?)) κ
πρ(οσδιαγραφόμενα) χα(λκοῦ) [ὀβ(ολοὶ) δέκα].

Extracted Latin Text

Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax [Augustus]

English Translation

Year 4 (δ),
of Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax [Augustus],
Month Phaophi, according to the reckoning of Thoth. [erased]
Maximus, son of Amm(...) and of Herakles, [mother's name uncertain],
for the poll-tax (λαογραφία) of the third year [uncertain text],
twenty drachmas(?), total twenty (κ),
additional charge in bronze [ten obols].

Notes:

• Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus refers to the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus (193–211 AD).
• λαογραφία (laographia) is a poll-tax or census tax common in Roman Egypt.
• Phaophi and Thoth are months in the ancient Egyptian calendar.
• Some abbreviations and uncertain readings are indicated by parentheses and question marks.