Fragment of a report on an inspection tour of an agricultural estate, in which the inspectors record what they found on the property, including uncultivated land, persea trees, a cistern for an irrigation machine and reed-beds. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
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[...] with [...] following up (?) [...]
[...] we found [...]
[...] from (the) estate under [...]
[...] in dry (uncultivated) land [...] dovecote (?) [...]
[...] being cut down (?) [...]
[...] of persea trees [...]
[...] of the cistern of the (water-lifting) machine [...]
[...] and reed-bed [...]
[...] and concerning other [...]
[...]
[...]
[...]
The persea was a sacred Egyptian fruit tree often listed in estate surveys; the 'organon' is a water-lifting device, probably a saqiya (waterwheel).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment relatif à la tournée d'inspection d'un domaine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.