Lease of fishing rights at the gates of Tanyris near Pela TM 30193OxyrhynchosIII

Fragment of a lease of fishing rights for the floodwaters of year 1 at the sluice-gates of Tanyris near Pela, in the Oxyrhynchite area. The lessors acknowledge receiving the agreed rent in full, with the catch at the gates apparently shared one quarter to the lessee and three quarters to the lessors, who supply nets, boats and fishermen.

In English machine translation

The verb charybdeuein, rendered here as fishing with a drag-net, is a rare technical term whose exact sense is uncertain; hypocheis are probably fish traps or weirs at the sluices. The text shifts between second and third person for the lessee.

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.