A contract by which a son of Dioskoros joins, for a quarter share, three men who had leased the fishing rights of two reservoirs at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. He undertakes to pay a quarter of the rent and to receive a quarter of the profits, and neither side may break the partnership; it dates to the 17th-18th year of Antoninus Pius (AD 153-154).
In English machine translation
To […] also called Karpeios, son of Limnaios, and My[…] son of […], and Ptolemaios son of Sarapion, the three who have leased the fishing of two reservoirs (?) of the village of Karanis, of the field (?) called Petra, […] in the nomarchy,
from […] son of Dioskoros. Since you have invited me to join with you in the aforementioned lease of yours, for a period, as regards the reservoirs, of five years from […] of the present 17th year, and as regards the fishing, of four years from the coming 18th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, I have agreed to join the lease for a fourth share, from now on, willingly and of my own choice, and jointly with you I will carry out all the obligations falling to me […] and I will pay the rents at the terms written in your lease, according to the fourth share falling to me, and I will receive what remains over from the fishing according to the fourth share, it not being in my power to abandon the lease, nor in yours to expel me from it, because I joined the lease at your invitation, on condition that […] whenever […] falling […] […] with the given […]
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The word rendered 'reservoirs' (hypodocheia) refers to water-holding basins or fish ponds; 'field' translates the damaged word read as gyês, a land measure or plot.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract of partnership). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.