End of an official letter on an inspection before the close of sowing TM 4867Herakleopolites, Ägypten16. Febr. 50 v.Chr.

End of an official letter from the Herakleopolite nome concerning an inspection connected with the accounting office and the men of the Sadaleion, asking the recipient to order the work done quickly because the sowing season was closing. An office docket of 8 days later orders a letter to the village elders.

In English machine translation

The museum record describes the inspection as the survey and classification of farmland. The Sadaleion appears to be a local estate or place name restored from traces.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Amtliches Schreiben). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.