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Koine Greek

Ἱέρακι στρ(ατηγῷ) Ἀρσι(νοίτου) Ἡρακ(λείδου) μερίδο(ς) παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Διοσ- κόρου ἀπὸ κώμης Βακχιάδος. Ὀρσενοῦφις Ψενατύμεως καὶ Ψενατῦμις Ὀρσενούφε-ως οἱ ββωοτοτρόφοι ἐπῆλθαν ἃ̣ς̣ ἔχω̣ νο̣μ̣ὰ̣[ς] χ̣ό̣ρ̣του ἐ̣ν π[ε]δίῳ τῆ̣[ς] κώμης καὶ ἐ̣βάσταξ̣[α]ν̣ τὸ πλεῖστο̣ν μέρο[ς] κ̣αὶ ἔλυ-σαν τὰς ἑαυτῶν βοῦ-ε̣ς , ὅθεν οὐχ ὀλείγον βλά-[βο]ς ἐπηκλούθηκέναι ε̣[ἰ]ά̣θη κα̣ὶ ἀξιῶ ἀχ̣θῆ-ν̣α̣ι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σέ [ὅ]πως τ[ύ]χωι διὰ τῆς σῆς βοηθί̣α̣[ς]. διευτύχει. Ἀπολλώνιος ὡς (ἐτῶν) λ οὐ̣(λὴ) δακτ(ύλῳ) μ̣ι̣κ̣ρ̣ῷ̣ χ̣[ειρ]ὸ̣[ς] 20 ἀρι̣σ̣τ(ερᾶς). (ἔτους) κ γ̣ Ἀντωνίνο[υ] Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ἐπεὶφ ιε.

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

To Hierakos, under the command of Arsinoitus, of the Heracleid portion, from Apollonius the Dioscorus, from the village of Bacchiades. Orsenouphis, son of Phenatymeus, and Phenatyme, son of Orsenouphis, the cattle herders, came to the places which I have the rights to in the field of the village and they carried off the majority of their cattle, from which not a little of the crop was affected, and I demand that they be brought to you so that I may succeed through your assistance. Apollonius, as (of years) 30, with a small finger of the hand of the best. (In the year) 20 of the reign of Caesar Antoninus, our lord.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Ἱέρακι στρ(ατηγῷ) Ἀρσι(νοίτου) Ἡρακ(λείδου) μερίδο(ς)
παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Διοσκόρου ἀπὸ κώμης Βακχιάδος.
Ὀρσενοῦφις Ψενατύμεως
καὶ Ψενατῦμις Ὀρσενούφεως οἱ ββωοτοτρόφοι (*)
ἐπῆλθαν ἃς ἔχω νομὰς χόρτου ἐν πεδίῳ τῆς κώμης
καὶ ἐβάσταξαν τὸ πλεῖστον μέρος καὶ ἔλυσαν τὰς ἑαυτῶν βοῦες (*),
ὅθεν οὐχ (*) ὀλείγον (*) βλάβος ἐπηκλούθηκέναι εἰάθη
καὶ ἀξιῶ ἀχθῆναι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ σέ ὅπως τύχωι (*) διὰ τῆς σῆς βοηθίας (*).
διευτύχει.
Ἀπολλώνιος ὡς (ἐτῶν) λ οὐ(λὴ) δακτ(ύλῳ) μικρῷ χειρὸς ἀριστερᾶς.
(ἔτους) κγ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ἐπεὶφ ιε.

Apparatus (Corrections)

• Line 6: βοοτρόφοι (instead of ββωοτοτρόφοι)
• Lines 11-12: βοῦς (instead of βοῦες)
• Line 12: οὐκ (instead of οὐχ)
• Line 12: ὀλίγον (instead of ὀλείγον)
• Line 16: τύχω (instead of τύχωι)
• Line 16: βοηθείας (instead of βοηθίας)

English Translation

To Hierax, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division,
from Apollonios, son of Dioskoros, from the village of Bacchias.
Orsenouphis, son of Psenatymis, and Psenatymis, son of Orsenouphis, the cattle-herders,
came upon the pasture lands of grass which I possess in the plain of the village,
and carried off the greater part, and released their own cattle,
from which no small damage has resulted.
Therefore, I request that they be brought before you, so that I may obtain justice through your assistance.
Farewell.
Apollonios, about 30 years old, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand.
Year 23 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Epeiph 15.

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