Extracted Text

Koine Greek

ἐπιδίδωμι τὸ βιβλείδιον

ἀξιῶν σε τὸν κύριον καὶ ει-

ρ̣ινέ̣σ̣τατον τὴν δέου-

σαν ἐξέ]τ̣α̣σ̣ιν ποιήσασθαι

ἵνα δυνηθ̣ῶ ἄνθρω-

πος πρεσβύτης ἐκ τῶν ὤ-

μων τὸ ζῆν ποριζόμενος

τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀνευρεῖν.

Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκ[ο]υ Αὐρηλίου

Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου

Σ̣εβαστοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ

Μηδικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Σαρματικοῦ

Γερμανικοῦ μεγίστου,

Μεχεὶρ

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

I present the little book

I ask you, my lord, and most esteemed,

to make the necessary examination

so that I may be able to

be an elder, providing for my life

from the shoulders, to find our own.

Of the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius

Commodus Antoninus

the August one of Armenia

of Media, Parthia, Sarmatia

of the greatest Germanic,

Mecheir.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[ -ca.?- ]ε̣ροντος μ[ -ca.?- ]
[ἐπιδ]ί̣δωμι τὸ βιβλείδιον
[ἀξιῶ]ν [σε τ]ὸν κύριον καὶ ει-
[ -ca.?- ]ρ̣ινέ̣σ̣τατον τὴν δέου-
[σαν ἐξέ]τ̣α̣σ̣ιν ποιήσασθαι
ἵνα δυνηθ̣ῶ ἄνθρω-
πος πρεσβύτης ἐκ τῶν ὤ-
μων τὸ ζῆν ποριζόμενος
τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀνευρεῖν.
ἔτους κγ
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκ[ο]υ Αὐρηλίου
Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου
Σ̣εβαστοῦ Ἀρμενιακοῦ
Μηδικοῦ Παρθικοῦ Σαρματικοῦ
Γερμανικοῦ μεγίστου,
Μεχεὶρ κϛ.

Apparatus Criticus (Latin)

l. βιβλίδιον

English Translation

[ -ca.?- ]erontos m[ -ca.?- ]
I hand over the small document,
requesting you, my lord and most [ -ca.?- ],
to carry out the necessary examination,
so that I, an elderly man who earns his living by his shoulders,
may be able to recover our property.
Year 23
of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius
Commodus Antoninus Augustus,
Armeniacus, Medicus, Parthicus, Sarmaticus,
Germanicus Maximus,
Mecheir 26.

Note on Apparatus Criticus (Latin)

Line: βιβλίδιον (correct reading suggested)