Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Τίτωι Ταί̣
[ω]ι̣
Σάγκτωι ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου
παρὰ Διον[υ]σίου Ἀμυντιανοῦ ἀπολυθέν-
τ̣ος ἐξ ἱπ[πέ]ων εἴλης
Ἀπριανῆς. ἐ̣ξ ἐν-
κελεύσεως Πακτουμηί
ου Μάγνου τοῦ
ἡγεμονεύ̣σ̣αντος καὶ τοῦ κρατίστου στρα-
τοπεδάρχου Κο̣μινίου Ἀτ̣τικ̣[ο]ῦ̣ παρε-
κόμισα ἐνθάδε ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὀξ[υρ]υγχί̣του
νομοῦ \ἐκ δια̣π̣ο̣μ̣πῆς τοῦ στρατηγοῦ/ εἰ̣[ς] χ̣ρ̣ε̣ίας λεγεῶνος δευτέρας
Τραι
Ἰ
σχυρᾶς λώδικας ἀ̣ρ̣ιθμ̣ῷ
ἑ̣π̣τ̣α̣κ̣[ο]σ̣ί̣α[ς] ἑ̣βδομήκοντα πέντε .
ἐ̣[π]ε̣ὶ̣ οὖν ἤδη τ̣ε̣σσαράκοντα ἡμέ-
ρ̣α̣ς̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ πρὸ̣[ς] ἐ̣ν̣θ̣άδε παρακατεσχέ-
θην καὶ οὐδέπω ἡ παράλη̣μψις
αὐτῶν ἐγένετο ὡς καὶ λειφθῆναί με
κ̣α̣ὶ̣ τ̣οὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ ταῖς τροφαῖς, ἀξιῶ
σε, ἐάν σου τῇ τύχῃ δόξῃ, κελεῦσαι
ὅτ̣αν δοκι
μάσῃς παραλαβεῖν ταύ-
[τα]ς πρ̣ὸ̣ς τὸ δύνασθαι κἀμὲ
(*), τοῦ
κα̣ι̣ροῦ τῆς κατασπορᾶς ἐνστάντος,
εἰ̣ς [τ]ὴν ἰ̣[δ]ί̣αν ἀπ̣οχωρῆσαι ἵ̣νʼ ὦ εὐ-
ε̣ρ̣[γ]ετημένος. διευτύχι̣
Διονύσιος
[Ἀμυντι]α̣ν̣[ὸ]ς̣ ἐπιδέδω̣κ̣[α.]

Latin

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Translation into English

To Titus Tai,
to the governor of Egypt,
from Dionysius Amynthianus, having been released
from the cavalry of Aprianis.
By the command of Paktoumeios
Magnus, who was leading and the most powerful
commander of the camp, Cominius Atticus,
I have brought here from the Oxyrhynchite
nome, from the dispatch of the general,
for the needs of the second legion of Trajan,
strong and with a number of seventy-five.
Since already forty days have passed
and I have been detained here, and the
receipt of them has not yet occurred,
as I have also been left behind
and those with me for provisions, I ask
you, if it seems good to your fortune, to command
when you deem it appropriate to receive these
things, so that I may be able
to depart to my own, when the time of
sowing has come,
to be able to return to my own, oh well-favored one.
Farewell. Dionysius Amynthianus has delivered.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Τίτωι Ταί̣[ω]ι̣ Σάγκτωι ἐπάρχῳ Αἰγύπτου παρὰ Διον[υ]σίου Ἀμυντιανοῦ ἀπολυθέντος ἐξ ἱπ[πέ]ων εἴλης Ἀπριανῆς. ἐξ ἐνκελεύσεως Πακτουμηίου Μάγνου τοῦ ἡγεμονεύσαντος καὶ τοῦ κρατίστου στρατοπεδάρχου Κομινίου Ἀττικοῦ παρεκόμισα ἐνθάδε ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου νομοῦ ἐκ διαπομπῆς τοῦ στρατηγοῦ εἰς χρείας λεγεῶνος δευτέρας Τραιανῆς Ἰσχυρᾶς λώδικας ἀριθμῷ ἑπτακοσίας ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἤδη τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ πρὸς ἐνθάδε παρακατεσχέθην καὶ οὐδέπω ἡ παράλημψις αὐτῶν ἐγένετο ὡς καὶ λειφθῆναί με καὶ τοὺς σὺν ἐμοὶ ταῖς τροφαῖς, ἀξιῶ σε, ἐάν σου τῇ τύχῃ δόξῃ, κελεῦσαι ὅταν δοκιμάσῃς παραλαβεῖν ταύτας πρὸς τὸ δύνασθαι καὶ ἐμὲ, τοῦ καιροῦ τῆς κατασπορᾶς ἐνστάντος, εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν ἀποχωρῆσαι ἵνʼ ὦ εὐεργετημένος. διευτύχει. Διονύσιος Ἀμυντιανὸς ἐπιδέδωκα.

English Translation

To Titus Taius Sanctus, Prefect of Egypt, from Dionysius, son of Amyntianus, discharged from the cavalry squadron Apriana. By order of Pactumeius Magnus, the former governor, and of the most excellent camp-prefect Cominius Atticus, I have brought here from the Oxyrhynchite nome, by dispatch of the strategos, for the needs of the Second Legion Traiana Fortis, cloaks numbering seven hundred seventy-five. Since I have already been detained here for forty days and the reception of these cloaks has not yet taken place, so that I and those with me have been left without provisions, I request you, if it seems good to your fortune, to order that, after inspection, these cloaks be received, so that I too, as the time for sowing has arrived, may return to my own affairs, and thus be benefited. Farewell. I, Dionysius Amyntianus, have submitted this.