Sworn declaration of three fishermen to the strategos Asklepiades TM 20912Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt128-131 A.D.

Fragment of a sworn declaration addressed to Asklepiades, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by three net-fishermen from the city of Oxyrhynchus, apparently chosen by their fellow fishermen of a village. They begin an oath by the emperor Hadrian, but the rest of the text is lost.

In English machine translation

"Amphiboleis" are fishermen using the casting net. The document is catalogued as a letter, but the oath formula suggests a declaration like that of the Tebtynis fishermen of AD 46; the verb describing how they were chosen is lost.

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