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Fragmentary official letter from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum) instructing local water-guards to repair breaches in the dykes, provide timber and materials, and finish the work before the Nile flood arrives. It is dated to year 13 of the emperor Antoninus Pius.
Water-guards (hydrophylakes) were local officials responsible for watching canals and dykes. The Greek word diakopos means a breach or cut in a dyke.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter Concerning the Rise of the Nile). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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