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Koine Greek

Ἀπολλωνίῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοείτ(ου) παρὰ Παποντῶτος τοῦ Παποντῶτο(ς) τῶν ἀπὸ Ταλὶ
(*) τῆς Πολέμωνος με-ρίδος λεγο(μένου) Ψεναμτῖτο(ς) γεοργοῦ
(*) τῶν ἀπὸ Ταλεὶ τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος. ἐπιβάλλον(τός) τινος λῃστρικῷ τρόπο
(*) εἰς ἣν ἐχο
(*) ἐν προγεγραμμένῃ κό-μῃ
(*) Ταλὶ
(*) οἰκίαν καὶ ἤρωσάν
(*) μου δοκοὺς δέκα καὶ ὅλμον, καὶ ἐ-
(*) μοῦ τὴν ἀναζήτησιν πυουμέ-
(*) νου σὺν τῷ τῆς κώμης Ταλεὶ ἐ-
(*) πιστάτῃ εὗρον ἀπʼ
(*) αυτοφώρωι ἐν τῇ Πατυνίωνος τοῦ Ἡρακλήου
(*) οἰκιαν
(*) ἀπὸ μέρους τῶν ἠρμέ-
(*) νων δοκῶν δοκοὺς̣ πέντε , καὶ
(*) ἐμοῦ λογοπυουμένου
(*) πρὸς αὐ- τὸν περὶ τούτων ὕββριν
(*) μοί ἐπετέλεσον
(*) οὐ τὴν τοιχοῦσαν
(*) καὶ ἐν τῇ συμπλωκῇ
(*) ἐξέπε-
(*) σον
(*) παρʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος
ὃ εἶχον ἐπὶ τῶι ὤμῳ μου παιδίον ὥσται
(*) ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτο(υ) κινδυνεύειν τοῦ ζ̣ῆ̣ν̣. διω
(*) ἀξιῶ γράψε
(*) τοῖς τῆς
(*) Ταλεὶ ἐπιστάταις ἐκπέμ-
(*) ψαι τὸν ἐνκαλούμενο(ν) Πατυ-
(*) νίωνα ἐπὶ σαὶ
(*) πρὸς τὴν ἐ- σομένην ἐπέξοδον.
εὐτύχ[ει].
η (ἔτους) Κλαυδίου, Μεχὶρ
ι . Παποντῶς ὡς (ἐτῶν) με , εὐ-
μεγέθης, μελίχρως, οὐλὴ
ῥινὶ ἐξ ἀρ(ιστερῶν) ὑπὸ ὀφρύν.

Latin

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Translation into English

To Apollonius, the general of Arsinoe, from Papontus of Papontus, of those from Tali,
of the region called Psenamtius, a farmer of the same region from Tali.
Having imposed a certain bandit-like manner upon which I have,
in the previously written village of Tali,
my house and I was thinking ten and all, and I
was searching for myself, along with the overseer of the village of Tali,
I found in the act in the house of Patynion of Heracles,
from part of the stolen things, I think five, and
while I was speaking to him about these things,
they completed for me not the wall and in the struggle,
they cast out from me into the ground what I had on my shoulder,
a child, so that from such a thing I am in danger of living. Therefore,
I request you to write to the overseers of Tali to send
the one called Patynion to you for the upcoming exit.
Good luck.
In the year of Claudius, Mechir.
From Papontus, as (of years) me,
of great size, sweetly, with a nose
from the left under the eyebrow.