P.Mich.inv. 2737 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 2737
- Processing Number
- 1617
- Section/Side
- Pages III - IV
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Material
- WT
- Size
- 13.5 x 7.2 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- Page III (wax) - 4;
- page IV (wood) - 4 + 2
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- (Wax side) broken off at the top and left
- Status
- Published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 103 A.D.[?]
- Origin
- Probably Alexandria, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- November 1924
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown scribe
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Birth Certificate of M. Cornelius Iustus
- Content
- Fragment of a certificated copy of the declaration (professio) of birth of a Roman boy, Marcus Cornelius Iustus. The wax side preserves the end of the declaration; the wood side preserves part of the list of (seven) witnesses, and the beginning of the copy of the declaration
- Subject Headings
- Rome--Army.
- Birth certificates--Rome.
- Citizenship--Rome
- Veterans--Rome.
- Population policy--Rome.
- Rome--Social conditions.
- Persons
- [Marcus?] Cornelius Iustus, son of Marcus, father of Marcus Cornelius Iustus;
- Marcus Cornelius Iustus, son of Marcus Cornelius Iustus and of [- - -] Heras;
- [- - -] Heras, daughter of Marcus;
- Gaius Cornelius Rufus, veteranus;
- Marcus Egnatius Longus, veteranus;
- Gaius Iulius Valens, veteranus;
- Quintus Ancharettius Proculus;
- Traianus, Emperor and consul;
- Marius Laberius Maximus, consul (?)
- Translation
- (Latin text, Scriptio interior, Page III)
- [- - -]
- I, [. . . Cornelius] Iustus, the son of Marcus, whose census rating is 20 (thousand) sesterces, (registered) in the monthly record as a Roman citizen [my son], Marcus Cornelius Iustus, born of [. . .] Heras, daughter of Marcus, on the 4th day before the Ides of September last past.
- (Latin list of witnesses, Page IV)
- (Seals) of Gaius Cornelius Rufus, veteran
- of Marcus Egnatius Longus, veteran
- of Gaius Iulius Valens, veteran
- of Quintus Ancharettius Proculus
- (Latin text, Scriptio exterior, Pages IV)
- In the consulship of the Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan Augustus, for the fifth time, and [Marius] Laberius Maximus(?), for the second time(?), [- - -]
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1617
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 9 Sanders HA 1931 61-70 Pl. I Sanders HA, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 9, 61-70, 1931, Pl. I PMich III Sanders HA 1936 167 Sanders HA, PMich III, 167, 1936
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Rep_Editor - Sanders HA; Rep_Ser - PMich VII; Rep_Year - 1947; Rep_Pg_No 167 (on page 1)
- Rep_Editor - Cavenaile R; Rep_Ser - CPL; Rep_Year - 1959; Rep_Pg_No 149
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- U. Wilcken, Archiv 10 (1930) p. 276; H.I. Bell, JEA 17 (1931) p. 268
Availability/System Requirements
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 6/24/1996
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 103
- Year End
- 103
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3591 x 2902
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1617
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1617/2737wx.tif
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- Manifest
-
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