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Fragment of a contract from Oxyrhynchus, dated in a regnal year of the emperor Gaius (Caligula), leasing fishing rights in a 'charybdis', a fishing pool or eddy. The two parties share the work and costs and divide the whole catch equally, with the lessee supplying the fishermen.
Charybdis here denotes a pool or eddy used for fishing, not the mythical whirlpool. The year number is lost, so the date can only be placed within Gaius' reign.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lease of Fishing Rights). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]νενο…[…]… […] τοπαρχίας […]……φησι τῷ […]τωι ἔτει Γαίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ χάρυβδιν ἐφʼ ᾧ […]ς ἐργατείας καὶ τῆς […]ς πάσης ἑκάτερον μεταδοῦναι καὶ παντὸς τοῦ περιγινομένου ἰχθύος ἔχειν ἑκάτερον αὐτῶν κατὰ τὸ ἥμισυ. ὁ δὲ μεμισθωμένος παρέξεται ἁλιεῖ…
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