Greek transcription
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Παῦλος ἀπὸ
Ἑ
ρ
μοῦ
πόλεως πληρ
Ἀσῆπ Καμπόλ
πληρ
Ἀπύγχις ἀπὸ Εἴκοσι
πληρ
πενταρούρων
Μουσῆς ἀπὸ Φιλαγρίδος
ὀφείλει
ὀφίλει
μυριάδας
ιγ
ἕβδομον
καὶ σίτου
ἀρτάβην
α
English translation
The following is a tentative, line-by-line rendering rather than a reconstructed continuous sentence:
Paul, from Hermopolis — [abbreviation: πληρ]
Asep Kampol — [abbreviation: πληρ]
Apynchis, from Eikosi — [abbreviation: πληρ]
[of] five-aroura plots
Moses, from Philagris,
owes
owes
thirteen myriads [130,000; unit unspecified],
a seventh,
and one artaba of wheat.
Notes
- Ἑ / ρ / μοῦ / πόλεως is read together as Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως, “Hermopolis.”
- πληρ appears to be an abbreviation. Its expansion and meaning cannot be established confidently from this excerpt.
- The personal names Ἀσῆπ Καμπόλ and Ἀπύγχις are transliterated provisionally.
- Εἴκοσι … πενταρούρων may belong to a single place-name or designation, approximately “Twenty Five-Aroura Plots.” An aroura is a unit of land area; the intervening abbreviation makes the connection uncertain.
- ὀφίλει is a nonstandard spelling of ὀφείλει, “owes.” Both occurrences are retained.
- ιγ is interpreted as the numeral 13, and the final α as 1. An artaba is a dry measure used for grain.
- ἕβδομον means “seventh”; its precise relationship to the surrounding amounts is unclear.
Latin
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