Instructions concerning sowing, seed grain and weeding in the villages TM 28885unbekanntII

Fragment of official instructions concerning agricultural work, apparently addressed to village officials. It deals with the sowing, supervision in each village, seed that has been cleaned before being put into the ground, weeding of growing crops, and the granaries and wheat, warning of later complaint and liability.

In English machine translation

The phrase about sowing 'for the good' (ep' agathois) is a standard auspicious formula for the sowing season. The word rendered 'cleaned of grain' (kekokkologe-) is uncertain and may refer to picking over seed grain before sowing.

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