Fragment of a report by commissioners of the town council of Hermopolis on an inspection of an estate, mentioning a collapsed structure and a palm grove. It is signed by the councillors Aurelius Ammonios alias Polydeukes, a former kosmetes, and Aurelius Dioskoros, and dates to the early 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
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I, Aurelius Ammonios also called Polydeukes, former kosmetes, councillor of Hermopolis,
have submitted (this). Year […] of Imperator Caesar Marcus […]
[…] I, Aurelius Dioskoros son of Dioskoros
[grandson of Hermaios] […] [have submitted (this)].
The kosmetes was a municipal magistrate in charge of the gymnasium and its activities. The signatories' names are largely restored by the editor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tournée d'inspection d'un domaine par des commissaires du Conseil). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.