Extracted Text

Koine Greek

Μαρτύριος σκρι̣(ινιάριος)
Θεοφίλῳ
ὀρβοπώλῃ·
παρέσχες ὑπὲρ ἐνοικίου τοῦ ὑπὸ σὲ ὀρβ⟦ο⟧ι-
οπωλή<ου> (*) τῆς [τεσσ]αρασκαι-[δεκάτ]ης (*)
ἰνδικ(τίονος)
[χρυ]σοῦ νομισ-μάτιον ἕν, γί(νεται) χρ(υσοῦ) νο(μισμάτιον) α
μό(νον), καὶ πρὸς σὴν ἀσφά-
λιαν (*) πεποίημαί σοι τὸ ἐντάγιον ὡς πρόκειται.
Ἐπεὶφ θ ιδ ἰνδικ(τίονος).

Latin

Apparatus

Translation into English

Martyr's scribe (or scribe of the martyr)
To Theophilus, the seller of vegetables:
You have provided for the rent of the vegetable seller under you (*),
of the [thirteenth] of the [twelfth] (*)
of the indiction.
[One] gold coin, it becomes a gold coin
only, and for your security (*)
I have made for you the order as it is appropriate.
Since it is the indiction.

Extracted Koine Greek Text

Μαρτύριος σκρι(ινιάριος)
Θεοφίλῳ ὀρβοπώλῃ·
παρέσχες ὑπὲρ ἐνοικίου τοῦ ὑπὸ σὲ ὀρβοπωλήου
τῆς [τεσσ]αρεσκαι[δεκάτ]ης ἰνδικ(τίονος)
[χρυ]σοῦ νομισμάτιον ἕν, γί(νεται) χρ(υσοῦ) νο(μισμάτιον) α μό(νον),
καὶ πρὸς σὴν ἀσφάλειαν πεποίημαί σοι τὸ ἐντάγιον ὡς πρόκειται.
Ἐπεὶφ θ ιδ ἰνδικ(τίονος).

Apparatus Criticus (Textual Notes)

• Lines 6-7: l. ὀρβι | οπωλείου
• Lines 8-9: l. [τεσσ]αρεσκαι | [δεκάτ]ης
• Lines 13-14: l. ἀσφά | λειαν

English Translation

Martyrios, scriniarius (official scribe or secretary),
to Theophilos, the seller of legumes (or pulses):
You have paid, for the rent of the legume-shop held by you,
for the fourteenth indiction,
one gold coin (nomisma), total one gold coin only.
And for your security, I have made for you this receipt (entagion) as stated above.
Epeiph 9, 14th indiction.

Notes on Terms

• σκρι(ινιάριος) (scriniarius): Latin-derived term meaning a secretary or official scribe.
• ὀρβοπώλης (orbopoles): seller of legumes or pulses.
• ἐντάγιον (entagion): a receipt or written acknowledgment.
• ἰνδικτίων (indiction): a 15-year tax cycle used in Byzantine dating.
• Ἐπεὶφ (Epeiph): a month in the Egyptian calendar, roughly corresponding to June-July.