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Koine Greek

τε̣τελ(ώνηται) διὰ πύ̣λης Διονυσιάδος (ἑκατοστῆς) καὶ πεντηκοστῆς Σαραπᾶς Παπον- τῶτο̣[ς] ἀπὸ Ὀξυρ<ύ>γχ(ων) πόλεως εἰσάγων εἰς ν[ο]μὸν Ἀρσινοει̣του (*) πρὸ[ς] π̣ᾶ̣σαν ἐργασίαν [ὑ]π̣ὲ̣ρ ̣ [ ̣ ] ̣  ̣ αγωγου ὄνους δέκα καμουλ (*) τέσ- σαρας δραχ(μὰς) ὀγ- [δ]οήκοντα ὀκ- τὼ τετρώβολ(ον). (ἔτους) τρίτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ Μά[ρ]κου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κ[υρ]ίου, [Μεσορ]ὴ̣ ἐ̣π̣[αγο]μ̣έ(νων) β.

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

This document is a record of a transaction that took place through the gate of Dionysias (the hundredth) and the fiftieth of Sarapis, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, bringing into the district of Arsinoites for all work on behalf of ten camels, four hundred and eighty drachmas, in the third year and twentieth of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar, the lord, concerning the importation of goods.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

τε̣τελ(ώνηται) διὰ πύ̣λης
Διονυσιάδος (ἑκατοστῆς) καὶ
πεντηκοστῆς
Σαραπᾶς Παπον-
τῶτο̣[ς] ἀπὸ Ὀξυρ<ύ>γχ(ων)
πόλεως εἰσάγων
εἰς ν[ο]μὸν Ἀρσινοεί̣του
(*)
πρὸ[ς] π̣ᾶ̣σαν
ἐργασίαν [ὑ]π̣ὲ̣ρ
ἀγωγοὺ ὄνους
δέκα καμουλ(*) τέσ-
σαρας δραχ(μὰς) ὀγ-
[δ]οήκοντα ὀκ-
τὼ τετρώβολ(ον).
(ἔτους) τρίτου καὶ εἰκοστοῦ
Μά[ρ]κου Αὐρηλίου
Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου
Καίσαρος τοῦ κ[υρ]ίου,
[Μεσορ]ὴ̣ ἐ̣π̣[αγο]μ̣έ(νων) β.

English Translation

Tax has been paid through the gate
of Dionysias (the one-hundredth) and
fiftieth (tax).
Sarapas, son of Papon-
tos, from the city of Oxyrhynchus,
importing
into the Arsinoite nome
(*)
for all
work, on account of
transport: ten donkeys,
four camels (*),
eighty-eight drachmas
and four obols.
In the twenty-third year
of Marcus Aurelius
Commodus Antoninus
Caesar the lord,
Mesore, the second of the epagomenal days.

Notes

• τετελώνηται (tetelōnētai): "tax has been paid."
• Διονυσιάδος (Dionysiados): Refers to the gate or customs station named Dionysias.
• ἑκατοστῆς καὶ πεντηκοστῆς (hekatostēs kai pentēkostēs): "one-hundredth and fiftieth," referring to customs duties (1% and 2% taxes).
• Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως (Oxyrhynchōn poleōs): "from the city of Oxyrhynchus."
• εἰς νομόν Ἀρσινοείτου (eis nomon Arsinoeitou): "into the Arsinoite nome."
• ἀγωγοὺ ὄνους δέκα καμήλους τέσσαρας (agōgou onous deka kamēlous tessaras): "transport: ten donkeys, four camels."
• δραχμὰς ὀγδοήκοντα ὀκτὼ τετρώβολον (drachmas ogdoēkonta oktō tetrōbolon): "eighty-eight drachmas and four obols."
• Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου (Markou Aureliou Kommodou Antōninou Kaisaros tou kyriou): "of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar, the lord."
• Μεσορὴ ἐπαγομένων β (Mesorē epagomenōn 2): "Mesore, the second of the epagomenal days" (the five additional days at the end of the Egyptian calendar year).