The Greek text and translation are from Gwatkin, Selections From Early Christian Writers, page 144-5.

(From No. 1 Pap. Berolin. (1893.) Wilcken, Grundzuge, I, 2, No. 124, pp. 151-152)

The Harvard Theological Review of 1923 (Vol. 16, page 363) has also been consulted.

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In the Greek text brackets ( ) indicate contractions; clams [ ] supply defects in the MS.

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Τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν ᾑρη

μένοις κώ(μης) Ἀλεξ(άνδρου) Νήσου

παρὰ Αὐρηλ(ίου) Διογένου(ς) Σατα

βοῦτος ἀπὸ κώ(μης) Ἀλεξανδ(ρου)

Νήσου ὡς ἐτῶν οβ οὐλ(ὴ)

ὀφρΰι δεξ(ιᾷ) καὶ ἀεὶ

θύων τοῖς θεοῖς διετέ

λεσα καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ πα

ροῦσιν ὑμεῖν κατὰ

τὰ προστετα[γμέ]να

να ἔθυσα καὶ ἔ[πιον] or ἔ[σπεισα]

[κά]ι τῶν ἱ[ε]ρείων [ἐγευ]σαμην

σαμην καὶ ἀξιῶ [ὑμᾶς]

ὑποσημιώσασθαι

             Διευτυχεῖται

Αὐρήλ(ιος) [Δι]ογένης ἐπιδ[έδωκα]

           Αὐρήλ(ιος)  σ . . .ρ . . .

           θύοντα Μυσ . . . .

           . . . .νωνος σεσ[ημείωμαι ?]

[ἐτους ά] Αὐτοκράτορο[ς] Καί[σαρος]

[Γα]ίου Μεσσίου Κ[ο]ίν[του]

[Τρ]αι[ανοῦ Δε]κίου Εὐσ[εβοῦς]

[Ε]ὐτ[υχους] Σε[β]α[σ]τοῦ

Ἐπ[ειφ] β . . .