A fragmentary inventory of materials and equipment, including parts of an irrigation machine, wooden beams of various lengths in cubits, an item from a dovecote, wagon parts, tools with handles and props. It probably dates to the 4th century AD and comes from Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
[…] … […]
[…] … […]
[…] 2 wheel-turners (?) of the irrigation machine
[…] 1 large beam of about [1]1 (?) cubits
[…] 2 small beams of about 3 cubits; beam
[…] of about 5 cubits; 1 support (?) […] of the dovecote
[…] … of the wagon
[…] 2 axes (?) with handle
[…] 2 props of the
[…] wagon in the place (?)
[…] of the place
[…] small […] cut
[…]
[…]
The machine (mechane) is most likely a water-lifting wheel (saqiya). Several item names are damaged, so terms like 'wheel-turners' and 'axes' are tentative.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Verzeichnis von verschiedenen Materialien). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.