Letter from the strategos of the Leontopolite nome about uninundated fields TM 78076Unknown(Beginning of the) IIIrd century A.D.

Fragment of an official letter from the strategos of the Leontopolite nome, acting through the royal scribe who was deputising for him, to the strategos of the neighbouring Busirite nome. He repeats an earlier message that the fields of the Leontopolite nome have still not been inundated, apparently inviting his colleague to send someone to inspect. It dates to the early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The verb used means the fields were not yet soaked by the Nile flood, which mattered for taxation and sowing. Provenance is unknown, though the text concerns the Leontopolite and Busirite nomes in the Delta.

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