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An offer by Hermas son of Heron to sublease for seven months the concession for selling salted fish in the village of Apias (division of Themistos, Arsinoite nome) from Aunes son of Petesouchos, the holder of the concession, at a rent of 30 silver drachmas. It was drawn up by the village notary in January AD 151.
The tarichopolike was a state-controlled retail monopoly on salted fish, farmed out to lessees who could sublet it. The description of Aunes with a scar oddly identifies the addressee rather than the offerer; the lines on rent and terms are badly damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Offre de bail concernant la ταριχοπωλική). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὔνητι Πετεσούχου μισθωτῇ ε…κ…ε…πωλικῆς κώμης Ἀπιάδος παρὰ Ἑρμᾶτος Ἥρωνος τοῦ Ἑρμᾶ ὥς φησιν ἀπὸ ἀμφόδου Ἑτέρων Χηνοβοσκίων Πέρσου τῆς ἐπιγονῆς. βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὴν ταριχοπωλικὴν κώμης Ἀπιάδος Θεμίστου μερίδος ἐπὶ μῆνας ἑπτὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰσιόντος μηνὸς Μεχεὶρ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτ…
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