Greek Receipt

Greek transcription

The transcription below joins fragmented words and removes duplicated readings. Accents and numeral marks have been normalized; square brackets indicate a supplied letter.

English translation

Papnouthes, guard, through the lord Phoibammon, son of Leontios, to his brother Phoibammon, son of Triadelphos.

I have received from you, against the written note, thirty artabas of wheat—making 30 artabas—from the harvest of the third indiction. I have drawn up this document for your protection, as stated above. Epeiph 15, in the third indiction.

I, Papnouthes, the aforementioned guard, acknowledge the receipt as stated above.

I, Theologios, son of Mousaios, wrote on his behalf at his request, since he does not know how to write; I also drew up the body of the document.

I, John, son of Hermeios, bear witness to the receipt as stated above.

Notes

• No Latin is identifiable in the supplied text.
• Artaba: a measure of grain whose capacity varied by period and locality.
• Indiction: a year within a recurring fifteen-year fiscal cycle; “third indiction” does not by itself establish an absolute date.
• Epeiph: an Egyptian calendar month.
• Document terminology: γραμμάτιον is translated here as “written note,” and ἐντάγιον as “receipt”; their precise administrative meanings depend on context.
• The supplied text gives competing readings for several words. This transcription adopts Τριαδέλφου, ἐντάγιον, and μὴ εἰδότος. These cannot be checked against the original document image here.