Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Marius Ṃaxiṃ[us Va]ḷẹṇtiṇ[o] ṣ[uo]
ṣạḷ[ute]m.
ecum
quadrim[u]m rus(seum) persoṇ[a]ṭum
c(ui) p(raees) (denariis) ceṇtum ṿiginti [q]uinq̣[ue] ịṇ ạc̣ṭ[a] ụ[t] mos refer, et
ṇota ex die [qu]ạṛ[to
Iuṇịạṣ [d(omino) n(ostro) Imp(eratore) Antonino A]ụg̣(usto) iii [e]ṭ ⟦[G]et[a]⟧
⟦Caesare ịṭẹ[rum] co(n)s(ulibus).]
[Marius Maximus Valentino suo]
[salutem.]
ecos
quo]rum ịc̣[onismos subic]ị iussi
p̣[rob]at[os] ạ me equitibus ị[nf]ra [sc]riptis
c(ui) p(raees) singulos (denariis) centenis
ex VI Kal(endas) [Apro et Maxi]ṃo co(n)s(ulibus)
[Marius Maximus Valentino suo]
[salutem.]
ẹc̣[um]
[Ca]p̣pado[cem
ṇuṃ n(ota) f(emore), a(rmo) s(inistro) pṛ[oba]tum a mẹ Halathẹ
Ṃạrịṇ[i] eq(uiti) c̣oḥ(ortis) [xxP]al(myrenorum) c(ui) p(raees) [(denariis)] cxxv
iṇ [acta ut] ṃoṣ [refer ex K]ạl(endas)

Latin

acc(epta) septimum decimum [K]ạḷ(endas) Ạ[p]ṛịḷ[es d(omino) n(ostro) Imp(eratore) A]ntonino Aug(usto) i[iiet ⟦Geta Caes(are) ii⟧ Caes(are) ii co(n)s(ulibus).
dat(a)
iiiiIdus Mai(as) Hieropo(li)
[Ulpio] Valentino ṭ[rib(uno) coh(ortis)]
[a Mario Maximo l]eg(ato) [A]ụg(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore)
[Marius Maximus Valentino suo]
[salutem.]
[equos]
[Ulpio] Valentino ṭ[rib(uno) coh(ortis)]
[a Mario Maximo leg(ato)] Aug(ustorum) pr(o) pṛ(aetore)
[Marius Maximus
[salutem.]
[e]ta

Translation

Marius Maximus Valentino, greetings.
I have received the report regarding the twenty-five denarii in the account as per the instructions given.
Note from the day of the fourth of June, in the year of our Lord, Emperor Antoninus Augustus, and Geta Caesar, consul.
Marius Maximus sends greetings to Valentino.
I have ordered the equites to be examined and approved by me, as per the written instructions.
The report is to be made in accordance with the accounts.
Note from the sixth of April, in the consulship of Apro and Maximus.
Marius Maximus sends greetings to Valentino.
I have received the report regarding Cappadocia.
The note is approved by me, Halathe, for the equites of the cohort of the Palmyreni, for the hundred denarii.
The report is to be made in accordance with the accounts.

Extracted Latin Text

Fragment A, recto (FrA,r)

Marius Maximus Valentino suo
(hand 2) acc(epta) septimum decimum [K]al(endas) A[p]riles d(omino) n(ostro) Imp(eratore) A]ntonino Aug(usto) [et ⟦Geta Caes(are)⟧ Caes(are) co(n)s(ulibus).]
(hand 1) salutem.
equum quadrim[u]m rus(seum) personatum s(ine) n(ota) probatum a me Iulio Basso eq(uiti) coh(ortis) xx Pal(myrenorum) c(ui) p(raees) (denariis) centum viginti quinque in acta ut mos refer, et nota ex die quarto Iunias [d(omino) n(ostro) Imp(eratore) Antonino A]ug(usto) iii [et ⟦Geta⟧ Caesare iterum co(n)s(ulibus).]

Fragment A, verso (FrA,v)

(hand 3) Ulpio Valentino trib(uno) coh(ortis) a Mario Maximo leg(ato) Aug(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore)

Fragment B, recto (FrB,r)

[Marius Maximus Valentino suo]
[salutem.]
[equos] quorum iconismos subici iussi probatos a me equitibus infra scriptis coh(ortis) xx Palmyr(enorum) c(ui) p(raees) singulos (denariis) centenis ex VI Kal(endas) [--- Apro et Maximo co(n)s(ulibus)]

Fragment B, recto margin (FrB,r,ms)

(hand 2) dat(a) iiii Idus Mai(as) Hieropo(li)

Fragment B, verso (FrB,v)

(hand 3) [Ulpio] Valentino t[rib(uno) coh(ortis)] [a Mario Maximo l]eg(ato) [A]ug(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore)

Fragment C, recto (FrC,r)

[Marius Maximus Valentino suo]
[salutem.]
equum [Ca]ppado[cem] n(ota) f(emore), a(rmo) s(inistro) probatum a me Halathe Marini eq(uiti) coh(ortis) [xx P]al(myrenorum) c(ui) p(raees) [(denariis)] cxxv in [acta ut] mos [refer ex K]al(endas) [---]

Fragment C, recto margin (FrC,r,ms)

(hand 2) dat(a) xvi Kal(endas) [S]ept(embres) Antiochia

Fragment C, verso (FrC,v)

(hand 3) [Ulpio] Valentin[o trib(uno) coh(ortis)] [a Mario Maximo leg(ato)] Aug(ustorum) pr(o) pr(aetore)

English Translation

Fragment A, recto (FrA,r)

Marius Maximus to his Valentinus, greetings.
(hand 2) Received on the seventeenth day before the Kalends of April (March 16), in the consulship of our lord Emperor Antoninus Augustus [and Geta Caesar].
(hand 1) Greetings.
A four-year-old chestnut horse with a white marking on its face, without other distinguishing marks, approved by me for Julius Bassus, cavalryman of the 20th Palmyrene cohort under your command, at the price of one hundred twenty-five denarii, entered into the records according to custom, and noted from the fourth day before the Ides of June, in the consulship of our lord Emperor Antoninus Augustus for the third time [and Geta Caesar for the second time].

Fragment A, verso (FrA,v)

(hand 3) To Ulpius Valentinus, tribune of the cohort, from Marius Maximus, imperial legate with propraetorian power.

Fragment B, recto (FrB,r)

[Marius Maximus to his Valentinus, greetings.]
[I have ordered] the horses, whose descriptions I have attached, approved by me for the cavalrymen listed below of the 20th Palmyrene cohort under your command, each at one hundred denarii, from the sixth day before the Kalends [---] in the consulship of Aper and Maximus.

Fragment B, recto margin (FrB,r,ms)

(hand 2) Given on the fourth day before the Ides of May at Hieropolis.

Fragment B, verso (FrB,v)

(hand 3) To Ulpius Valentinus, tribune of the cohort, from Marius Maximus, imperial legate with propraetorian power.

Fragment C, recto (FrC,r)

[Marius Maximus to his Valentinus, greetings.]
A Cappadocian horse, marked on the thigh and left shoulder, approved by me for Halathes Marinus, cavalryman of the 20th Palmyrene cohort under your command, at the price of one hundred twenty-five denarii, entered into the records according to custom from the Kalends [---].

Fragment C, recto margin (FrC,r,ms)

(hand 2) Given on the sixteenth day before the Kalends of September at Antioch.

Fragment C, verso (FrC,v)

(hand 3) To Ulpius Valentinus, tribune of the cohort, from Marius Maximus, imperial legate with propraetorian power.

Note on Greek Text

No clearly identifiable Koine Greek text is present in the provided document. The text is entirely in Latin, primarily administrative and military correspondence concerning the approval and purchase of horses for cavalrymen of the 20th Palmyrene cohort.