Letter of Apollonios about clearing, surveying and sowing brushwood land TM 1030Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)258 - 256 B.C.

Fragment of a letter, apparently from Apollonios the finance minister, concerning land on his estate that had been burnt and must again be cleared of brushwood despite the money already spent. He has written to Zoilos to send surveyors and royal scribes to measure the whole area and orders the recipient to sow it all, leaving none uncultivated. Part of the Zenon archive, 258-256 BC.

In English machine translation

Records differ on the addressee (Zenon or Panakestor) and on place: written perhaps at Alexandria, the archive was found at Philadelphia. 'Xylitis' denotes land overgrown with brushwood needing clearance.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a letter from Apollonios). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.