Greek transcription
ια ἰνδικτίωνος γ. ἔσχον δι’ ἀββᾶ Βασιλείου διακόνου ἀπὸ ἀνδρισμοῦ ἰνδικτίωνος πρώτης ἀριθμίου νομίσματος ἥμισυ, γίνεται ἀριθμίου νομίσματος 𐅵 μόνον.
Final subscription: Coptic mixed with Greek
ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲓⲧ στοιχεῖν ⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲉⲓ.
English translation
11 [probably the day], third indiction. I have received, through Abba Basil the deacon, on account of the poll tax for the first indiction, half a nomisma of account; total: one-half nomisma of account only.
Subscription: “I, Antony …” The remaining mixed Coptic–Greek wording is uncertain as supplied; it appears to express agreement or acknowledgment.
Notes
- Words divided across lines have been rejoined.
- ἀνδρισμός denotes a male poll tax. An indiction is a year within a fifteen-year fiscal cycle.
- ἀριθμίου νομίσματος is rendered “nomisma of account”; the precise monetary accounting sense is uncertain.
- The symbol 𐅵 means one-half.
- No Latin is present. The final word “seal” is English, apparently an editorial description rather than part of the ancient text.