Extracted Text

Koine Greek

παρὰ Ὡρίωνος Σαραπίωνος

τοῦ Πασίωνος θέσει τοῦ πρὸς

πατρὸς θείου Διογ(ένους) Πασίω(νος)

ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχω(ν) πόλεως.

κατὰ τὰ κελευσθ(έντα) περὶ ἐπι-

κρίσεως (τρεισκαιδεκαετῶν) ἠ

μητροπ(ολῖται) (δωδεκάδραχμοί)

εἰσὶν, δηλ(ῶ) Ψά̣ιν δοῦλ(όν) μ̣ου

ἀναγρα(φόμενον) ἐπʼ ἀμφό(δου) Παμμένους

παρ̣α̣δείσου γεγονέναι (τρεισκαιδεκαετῆ)

τῷ ἐνεστ(ῶτι)

ἔτει Ἀντωνί̣[ν]ου

Καίσ[αρος τοῦ κυρίου καὶ εἶναι μὲ[ν]

αὐτὸν (δωδεκάδραχμον), ἐμὲ δὲ διʼ ὁμο-

λόγ̣(ου) λαογρα(φίας)

ἔτους ἀμφόδ(ου)

τοῦ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὀμνύω ―

Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα

Τίτον [Αἴλ]ιον Ἁδριανὸν

Ἀντωνῖνον

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

From Horion Sarapion

of Pasios, in the matter of

the divine father Diogenes Pasios

from the city of Oxyrhynchus.

According to the orders given regarding the

assessment (of thirteen years) or

the metropolitan (twelve drachmas)

they are, namely, that I have a slave

named Psain, registered on the street of Pammenos

to have been in the paradise (for thirteen years)

in the current year

of Antoninus

Caesar, of the lord, and to be

him (twelve drachmas), but for me through the

agreement of the census

of the same year. And I swear ―

to the Emperor Caesar

Titus Aelius Hadrianus

Antoninus.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

[π]α̣ρὰ̣ Ὡρίωνος Σαραπίωνος
[τοῦ] Πασίωνος θέσει τοῦ πρὸς
[πα]τ̣ρὸς θείου Διογ(ένους) Πασίω(νος)
[ἀπʼ] Ὀξυρύγχω(ν) πόλεως.
[κα]τὰ τὰ κελευσθ(έντα) περὶ ἐπι-
[κρ]ίσεως (τρεισκαιδεκαετῶν) ἠ
(*)
μη̣τροπ(ολῖται) (δωδεκάδραχμοί)
[εἰσ]ιν, δηλ(ῶ) Ψά̣ιν δοῦλ(όν) μ̣ου
[ἀνα]γρα(φόμενον) ἐπʼ ἀμφό(δου) Παμμένους
[π]α̣ρ̣α̣δείσου γεγονέναι (τρεισκαιδεκαετῆ)
[τῷ] ἐνεστ(ῶτι) ιζ (ἔτει) Ἀντωνί̣[ν]ου
[Καίσ]αρος τοῦ κυρίου καὶ εἶναι μὲ[ν]
[α]ὐτὸν (δωδεκάδραχμον), ἐμὲ δὲ διʼ ὁμο-
[λό]γ̣(ου) λαογρα(φίας) ιε (ἔτους) ἀμφόδ(ου)
[το]ῦ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὀμνύω ―
[Αὐ]τοκράτορα Καίσαρα
[Τί]τον [Αἴλ]ιον Ἁδριανὸν
[Ἀντωνῖνον ...]

English Translation

From Horion, son of Sarapion,
acting on behalf of Pasion, son of Diogenes,
his paternal uncle, from the city of Oxyrhynchus.
According to the instructions given concerning the examination
of those who have reached thirteen years of age,
(the metropolitan tax being twelve drachmas),
I declare that my slave Psais,
registered in the quarter of Pammenes' Garden,
has reached thirteen years of age
in the current 17th year of Antoninus Caesar our lord,
and that he is liable for the twelve-drachma tax,
and that I myself am registered in the same quarter
according to the census declaration of the 15th year.
And I swear by the Emperor Caesar
Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus [...].