p.koeln;15;608

Extracted Koine Greek (as best as possible)

Πετεαρψε
ν
ήσ
ε
ι τῆς
γεγρ
αμμένης
ἡμῖ
ν
ἐπι
στολῆς
π
αρὰ
το
ῦ
ἐν Ψύαι
κωμογρ
αμματέως
περὶ ὧν προφέρεται δεῖν ἀ
χθ
ῆναι ἔργων
πρὸς τὸν
πο
τισμὸν
βρο
χὴν
τῆς διασαφουμένης γῆς
.
ἐ
πε
ὶ
οὖ
ν
ὀ
ξ
ε
ίας ἀντιλήψεως δεῖται τὰ κατὰ τὸν
πο
τισμόν
, ἐὰν
φα
ίνηται
,
διαληφθή
τ
ω
περὶ
τούτων
ὡς ἐν τά
χ
ει ε
φ
ἔτους
κε
Τῦβι
ι
καὶ τῆς
τῆς
ε
ν
π
ε

Extracted Latin

vestiges

English translation (best-effort, with gaps where the text is fragmentary)

“[...] of the letter written to us from the village-scribe in Psyai, concerning the matters for which it is proposed that works be brought/undertaken for the irrigation (and) watering of the clarified/defined land. Since the matters concerning the irrigation require swift attention, if it seems (good), let arrangements be made concerning these things as quickly as possible, (in the) year [...], (month) Tybi [...], and of the [...].”

Notes on the state of the text

• The Greek appears to be a line-broken transcription of a documentary text (likely a papyrus), with many words split across lines (e.g., ἐπιστολῆς, κωμογραμματέως, ποτισμός).
• Several portions are incomplete/uncertain near the beginning (“Πετεαρψε…”) and at the end (“…καὶ τῆς τῆς ἐν πε…”).
• “vestiges” is Latin (also used in English/French), meaning “traces/remains.” It likely represents an editorial note rather than part of the ancient text.