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A private letter from a man named Athenodoros to an unnamed recipient, apologizing for not writing more often because he was preoccupied with the sowing season and the flooding of the fields. Much of the middle is damaged, but he expresses joy at news received and closes with wishes for the recipient's health. It comes from the Herakleopolite nome.
The term translated 'flooding' (limnasmos) refers to the controlled flooding or irrigation of fields, an agricultural task tied to the Nile inundation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Letter). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀθηνόδωρος …[…]φ[…] πλεῖστα χαίρειν καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐρρωμένῳ ἄριστα ἐπανάγειν ὡς βούλομαι· συγγνωμονῇς εἰς τό με μὴ πυκνότερά σοι γεγραφηκέναι, ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς τῆς κατασπορᾶς καὶ τοῦ λιμνασμοῦ ἐμετεώριζε με· δοκεῖ δὲ εἰ μὴ ἔγραψάς μοι τό πως σοι ἅπαντα ἔχ…[…] μὴ πεπολυπραγμονήκῃς …[……
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