A small fragment from Hermopolis, dated between AD 253 and 268, apparently describing an inspection tour of an estate. It mentions Aurelius Apollonios, an orchard, plantings, a northern boundary and another vineyard.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…] following up (?) […]
[…] Aurelius Apollonios […]
[…] …lides (?) […]
[…] of the orchard from […]
[…] … […]
[…] and of another still planted (?) […]
[…] approaching (?) […]
[…] … […]
[…] … to the north […]
[…] of another vineyard […]
[…]
[… lines lost …]
Only the middle parts of lines survive, so the nature of the document is inferred from its mention of orchards and vineyards. The term translated 'orchard' (paradeisos) denotes a fruit garden or orchard plot.
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.