One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32018

Report on the inspection of an estate TM 32018Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)III

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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

[...] [...] 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.

cpr.35.68

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)

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