A fragmentary day-by-day report of farm work near Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, listing workers such as Eutyches, Kerdon, Phaesis and Germanus drying, carrying sheaves, winnowing and harvesting barley. It ends as a letter to the landowner asking for instructions and a quick reply, from the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] we arrived from Alexandria at Karanis
[…]
[…] Eutyches to the east (district) to do the drying
[…] and he was idle, to prepare copper (money) for the […]
[…] likewise doing the same drying
[…] Eutyches with Sambas.
[…] Kerdon with Phaesis.
[…] the 2 with Phaesis.
[…] Eutyches was idle.
[…] inspected (?) […]
[…] Eutyches to the east (district) to inspect the sheaves
[…] to Kerkesoucha with Phaesis
[…] we were idle for human (?) […] vine (?) […]
[…] Eutyches and the weaver were carrying sheaves
[…] winnowed with Phaesis.
[…] we irrigated […]
[…] removing dog's-tooth grass near the threshing floor
[…] we are winnowing the threshing floor.
[…] the 2 and Germanus and Phaesis, we are winnowing
[…] near the threshing floor near the village
[…] until Epeiph 2 the 2 of us gathered in the barley
[…] carrying chaff […]
[…] Eutyches collects stubble from the same place
[…] with Phaesis carrying sheaves, 4th and 5th
[…] we likewise collected stubble […]
[…] and of another 1 1/2 arouras, total 6 1/2 arouras. From these there remained
[…] for threshing 2 1/4 artabas, the transport charges apart from the
[…] we gathered in; your slaves took from them
[…] they give me much trouble because we shall sell; the one for the public (dues) must […] until you write to me, unless quickly
[…] your mother receives, or you have someone take care of
[…] all of them, lest they themselves see to everything
[…] the reply quickly. But if not quickly
[…] mother, and send me a sheet of papyrus.
The repeated word 'koutibeu' is obscure and left untranslated. 'Psygmos' (drying) probably refers to drying of grain or a drying place.
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.