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Draft official letter about irrigation works at Psyai. Draft of an official letter to Petearpsenesis forwarding a report from the village scribe of Psyai about works needed to irrigate certain land, and urging that the matter be dealt with quickly. It comes from the Arsinoite nome and is dated year 25, Tybi. machine translation

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Transcription

[r] Πετεαρψενήσει τῆς γεγραμμένης ἡμῖν ἐπιστολῆς παρὰ […] τοῦ ἐν Ψύαι κωμογραμματέως περὶ ὧν προφέρεται δεῖν ἀχθῆναι ἔργων πρὸς τὸν βροχὴν τῆς διασαφουμένης γῆς […]. ἐπεὶ οὖν ὀξείας ἀντιλήψεως δεῖται τὰ κατὰ τὸν ποτισμόν, ἐὰν φαίνηται, διαληφθήτω ὡς ἐν τάχει ε…[…]…φ… ἔτουςκε Τῦβι ι… [v] [… ? lines lost …] […] καὶ τῆς τῆς εν[…] πε… …

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] To Petearpsenesis. Of the letter written to us by […] the village scribe in Psyai concerning the works which he states must be carried out for the ⟦watering⟧ flooding of the land specified […]. Since, then, matters concerning the watering require prompt attention, if it seems good, let a decision be made ⟦about these things⟧ as quickly as possible […] Year 25, Tybi 1[…] [verso] […] and of the of the […] […]

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