Fragment concerning leased land and irrigation of unflooded land TM 31454unbekanntIII - IV

A small fragment of a document concerning leased land, mentioning a sum of 1,802 drachmas, a man named Ploutarchos, and an obligation to irrigate unflooded land artificially and cultivate it. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

The verb epantlein means to raise water by machine onto land the Nile flood did not reach (abrochos, 'unflooded'). The context may be a lease or a petition, but too little survives to be sure.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.fuad.i.univ.App_II_129). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.