P.Mich.inv. 1804 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 1804
Processing Number
1531
Section/Side
Recto + Verso
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto + Verso
Material
Pap
Size
22 x 12 cm
Items
1
Lines
23
Mounted
Yes
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Broken off at the left, right, and bottom; much damaged
Palaeographic Description
Rustic capitals and (rather irregular) cursive (Sanders); Cursive capitals and cursive (Marichal)
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
242-244 A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
November 1924
Language
Latin
Genre
Documentary
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
List of Subordinate Officers
Content
List of centurions and decurions of two auxiliary units (an unknown ala and the Cohors III Ituraeorum), giving for each the date of his enlistment in the army and of his appointment to his current grade; the names are probably given in the order of their seniority within their unit and rank. The text must come from a bureau above the level of a single military unit
On the verso, slight remnants of an (unrelated?) account, in Greek
Persons
[...]lfidius Victorinus, decurio, former eques;
(C. Bruttius) Praesens and (T. Messius) Extricatus, consuls of 217 A.D.;
Domitius Filippus (Philippos), former dux (and praefectus vigilum);
(C. Vettius Gratus) Atticus (Sabinianus) and (C. Asinius Lepidus) Praetextatus, consuls of 242 A.D.;
[. . .]damus Petosiris, decurio, former sesquiplicarius;
(C. Vettius) Gratus (Sabinianus) and (M. Flavius Vitellius) Seleucus, consuls of 221 A.D.;
(Aurelius) Basileus, prefect of Egypt;
Antonius Ammonianus (Ammonianos), decurio, former sesquiplicarius;
(M. Clodius Pupienus) Maximus and (Sulla?) Urbanus, consuls of 234 A.D.;
Aurelius Hierax, decurio, former duplicarius;
[- - -] Origenes (Horigenes), decurio, former eques;
(the emperor Severus) Alexander and (Cassius) Dio (Cocceianus), consuls of 229 A.D. (?);
[- - -]efotes ([- - -]ephotes) Hierax, decurio <read: ordinatus = centurio?>;
(L. Virius) Agricola and (Sex. Catius) Clementinus (Priscillianus), consuls of 230 A.D.;
[(M. Aurelius Zeno) Ianuarius], former prefect of Egypt
[. . .]lius Arpocration (Harpocration), ordinatus (= centurio), former eques
Geographica
Aegyptus; Gallica; Ituraei
Translation
[. . .]lifidius Victorinus:
[enrolled] in the consulship of Praesens and Extricatues, promoted from cavalryman of the Legio [- - -] to decurion [by Domitius Filippus], vir perfectissimus, then dux, on the 4th of the Nones of April, in the [consulship] of Atticus and Praetextatus.
[. . .]damus Petosiris:
[enrolled in the consulship of Gratus] and Seleucus, promoted from sesquiplicarius of the Ala [- - -] to decurion on the . . . in the consulship of Atticus and Praetextatus, by Basileus, prefect of Egypt.
Antonius Ammnonianus:
[enrolled] in the consulship of Maximus and Urbanus, promoted from sesquiplicarius of the Ala [- - -] to decurion by Basileus, vir perfectissimus, prefect of Egypt, on the 9th of the Kalends of November, in the [consulship] of Atticus and Praetextatus.
Aurelius Hierax:
[Enrolled in the consulship of - - -, promoted] from duplicarius of the Ala Gallica Gordiana to decurion [by Basileus, vir perfectissimus, prefect of Egypt, on the . . .] of December, in the [consulship] of Atticus and Praetextatus.
[- - -] Origenes:
[Enrolled in the consulship of the divine] Alexander and [Dio], promoted from cavalryman [of the Legio - - -] to [decurio by Domitius] Filippus, [vir perfectissimus, then dux, on the . . .] of the Ides of April, [in the consulship of] Atticus [and Praetextatus].
3rd Cohort of the Ituraeans,
centurions:
[. . .]efotes Hierax:
[enrolled] in the consulship of Agricola and Clementinus, promoted from [civilian(?)] to decurion <read: centurion?> [by Ianuarius], then prefect of Egypt, on the 3rd of the Kalends of September, in the consulship of Agricola and [Clementinus].
[. . .]lius Arpocration:
[enrolled in the consulship] of Agricola and Clementinus, promoted from cavalryman [of - - -] to centurion [- - - by - - -], prefect of Egypt, [- - -]

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Classical Studies in Honor of John C. Rolfe Sanders HA 1931 265-283 pl. I Sanders HA, Classical Studies in Honor of John C. Rolfe, 265-283, 1931, pl. I
PMich III Sanders HA 1936 164 Sanders HA, PMich III, 164, 1936

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications
Rep Editor - Calderini A; Rep Ser. - Papiri latini; 1945; No_pg. 53
Rep Editor - Cavenaile R; Rep Ser. - CPL; 1957; No_pg. 143
Rep Editor - Gilliam JF; Rep. Ser.- TAPA 88; 1957; pg. 155-168, with pl. [= Roman Army Papers (Amsterdam, 1986) p. 191-205, with add., p. 443, and with pl.]
Rep Editor - Daris S; Rep Ser. - Doc.Eser.Rom.; 1964; No_pg. 27
Rep Editor - Fink RO; Rep Ser. - Rom.Mil.Rec.; 1971; No_pg. 20
Rep Editor - Bruckner A-Marichal R; Rep Ser. - ChLA V; 1976; No_pg. 281 (with ph.)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
U. Wilcken, Archiv 10 (1932) p. 278-279; J.F. Gilliam, TAPA 71 (1940) p. 139-143 [= Roman Army Papers (Amsterdam, 1986) p. 13-17, with add., p. 422]; R.O. Fink, TAPA 76 (1945) p. 274; J.F. Gilliam, TAPA 71 (1940) pp. 127-148 [= Roman Army Papers (Amsterdam, 1986) p. 1-22; - 442; J.F. Gilliam, CE 36 (1961) p. 386-392 [= Roman Army Papers (Amsterdam, 1986) p. 255-261, with add., p. 422]; J. Rea, Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Papyrology (Toronto, 1970) p. 427-429

Availability/System Requirements

Scanner Initials
CT
Date Scanned
7/15/1996
Institution
sr

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
242
Year End
244

Technical Details

Image Size
1990 x 2850
File Size
755 KB
Record
1531
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