P.Mich.inv. 4962 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4962
Processing Number
2355
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Pap
Size
8.5 x 9.0 cm
Items
1
Lines
1-15
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut off at all four sides and the only significant damage is a rather large abrasion in the center of the papyrus.
Palaeographic Description
Written in a small neat hand with many loops and florishes.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
266/267 A.D.
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown
Acquisition
purchased in 1928
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
Sworn declaration of property
Content
Contains the lower part of a declaration of property formerly belonging to a certain Aurelius Alexander, son of Chaeremon
Persons
Aurelius Alexander;
Chaeremon;
Taheracleides;
Imperator Caesar Publius Licinnius Gallienus Germanicus Maximus Persicus Maximus [Pius] Felix Augustus, emperor
Geographica
-
Translation
". . . [according to] the memorandum [lodged in] Year 11, Epeiph 15, by right of purchase, formerly (the property) of Aurelius Alexander son of Chaeremon whose mother is Taheracleides from the same city and previous to him (the property) of the former owners in respect of the half part as disclosed via the same memorandum. [And when] I come to declaration, I shall produce the entitlement to the remaining half. And I swear the accustomed oath of the Romans that I have not lied.
Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Publius Licinnius Gallienus Germanicus Persicus Maximus [Pius] Felix Augustus."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
Aegyptus 71 Whitehorne J 1991 17-20 SB XX 14131 Whitehorne J, Aegyptus 71, 17-20, 1991 -- SB XX 14131

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
266
Year End
267

Technical Details

Image Size
3483 x 4660
File Size
2 MB
Record
2355
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2355/4962r.tif

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"P.Mich.inv. 4962; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2355/4962r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 06, 2025.
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