Fragment of a letter concerning animals grazing in the division of Themistos TM 1648unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

Fragment of a Greek letter from the mid-3rd century BC mentioning animals (probably sacrificial victims) that are grazing, the district of Themistos in the Fayum, and people causing trouble. The sender asks the recipients to write about the matter.

In English machine translation

The Greek hiereia usually means animals for sacrifice; it could also be read as a form referring to priestesses, though grazing makes animals likelier. Themistos is one of the three divisions (merides) of the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).

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