Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Πετοσῖρις κωμογραμματεὺς Ὀξυρύνχων τῆς Πολέμωνος μερίδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου [νομ]οῦ {δι} Διοσκουρίδει χαίρειν. τοῦ (ἔτους) κατασταθέντος μου πρὸς χρείᾳ τῆς προκειμένης κώμης ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐπισκόπων εὑρίσκωι τὸν πρὸ ἐμοῦ ὄντα πρὸς τῆι αὐτῆι χρείᾳ Ὧρον νεννοσφισμένου (*) ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ (ἔτους) γενημάτων ⟦νενοσφισμένου⟧ εἰς (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) φκαὶ ἀπὸ τῶν τοῦ (ἔτους(?)) ὁμοίως (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν παραθέσει κεἰμμένων σπερμάτων κ(ριθῆς) ἀρτά(βας) φϙζ, ἃς ἔδει [χ]ορηγηθῆνα̣ι̣ εἰ̣ς̣ τ[ὸ] (ἔτος), καὶ ταύτας ἀπενηνεγμένον εἰς τὸ [ἴδιον], [ἔτι] δὲ καὶ πρὸ τοῦ [κ]ατασταθῆναι αὐτὸν πρὸς τῆι χρ̣είᾳ τῆς προκειμένης κώμης ὄντος [αὐ]τοῦ ἀπʼ ἀναδοχῆς [κ]ωμογραμματεώς Τεβέτνου τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος [ἐφʼ] ὧι κατεργᾶ

Latin

{di} Dióscurídē

Translation

Petosiris, the village scribe of Oxyrhynchus, of the division of Polemon, of the nomos of Arsinoites, to Dioscurides, greetings. In the year established for my need of the aforementioned village, since I find the one who was before me in the same need, Horon, having been assigned from the produce of the year, into (wheat) (artabas) and from the same year likewise (wheat) (artabas) and from the seeds placed in the list of barley artabas, which should be provided into the year, and these having been carried into the own, and also before he was established for the need of the aforementioned village, being himself from the reception of the village scribe Tebetnus of the same division, on which he was working.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Π̣ε̣τ̣ο̣σ̣ί̣ρ̣ε̣ι̣ κ̣ω̣μ̣ο̣γ̣ρ̣α̣μ̣μ̣α̣τεῖ
Π̣ε̣τοσῖρις κωμογραμματεὺς Ὀξυρ̣ύγχων τῆς Πολέμων̣ος μερ̣ί̣δος τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ Ἀ̣ρ̣σ̣ινοί̣τ̣ο̣[υ] [νομ]οῦ Διοσκουρίδει χαίρειν. τοῦ λβ (ἔτους) κατασταθέντος μου πρὸς χρείᾳ τῆς προκειμένης κώμης ἐπεὶ οὖ̣ν̣ ἐπισ̣κ̣ο̣π̣ῶν εὑρίσκωι τὸν πρὸ ἐμοῦ ὄ̣ντα πρὸς τῆι αὐτῆι χρείᾳ Ὧρ̣ο̣[ν] ν̣ε̣ν̣ο̣σφισ̣μ̣έ̣νου̣ ἀπὸ τ̣ῶν τοῦ λ (ἔτους) γενημάτων ⟦νενοσφισμένου⟧ εἰ̣ς̣ (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) φ̣ καὶ ἀ̣π̣ὸ̣ τῶν̣ τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ λ̣α̣ (ἔτους(?)) ὁμοί̣ω̣ς̣ (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβας) υ̣ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν παραθέσει κε̣ι̣μ̣έ̣νων σπερμάτων κ(ριθῆς) ἀρτά(βας) φ̣ϙζ, ἃς̣ ἔδει [χ]ορηγηθῆνα̣ι̣ εἰ̣ς̣ τ[ὸ] λα (ἔτος), καὶ τα̣ύ̣τας ἀπενηνεγμένον ε̣ἰ̣ς̣ τ̣[ὸ ἴ]διον, [ἔτι] δὲ καὶ πρὸ τοῦ [κ]ατασταθῆναι αὐτὸν π̣ρὸς τῆι χ̣ρ̣είᾳ τῆς προκειμένης κώ̣μης ὄντος [αὐ]τοῦ ἀπʼ ἀναδοχῆς [κ]ω̣μογραμ̣μ̣α̣τέως Τεβέτνου τῆ̣ς̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ῆ̣ς̣ μ̣ε̣ρ̣ί̣δ̣ο̣ς̣ [ἐφʼ] ὧι κατεργᾶται...

English Translation

Petosiris, village scribe (komogrammateus) of Oxyrhyncha in the Polemon division of the Arsinoite nome, to Dioscurides, greetings. Having been appointed in the 32nd year to the administration of the aforementioned village, upon inspection I find that my predecessor in the same office, Horos, has embezzled from the produce of the 30th year, wheat amounting to 500 artabas, and similarly from the produce of the 31st(?) year, wheat amounting to 400 artabas, and from the stored barley seed, 597 artabas, which should have been supplied for the 31st year, and has appropriated these for his own use. Moreover, even before his appointment to the administration of the aforementioned village, when he was acting as deputy for the village scribe Tebetnus of the same division, during which time he was responsible...

Notes

The text is a fragmentary papyrus document from Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, written in Koine Greek. It concerns administrative misconduct, specifically embezzlement of grain supplies by a previous official named Horos. The document is addressed by Petosiris, the current village scribe, to Dioscurides, presumably a higher official or authority.