P.Corn. Inv. I 39 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Corn. Inv. I 39

Processing Number

1216

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Connections

-

Material

Pap

Size

8.2 x 17 cm.

Items

1

Lines

1-27

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

This light-brown papyrus has been torn off in the left side; at top, right and bottom it was cut off although rather irregularly. At bottom a fairly large section of papyrus is lost to the left and to the middle. At least two horizontal folds visible.

Palaeographic Description

All three hands written in quick semicursive hands.

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

128/129 A.D.

Origin

Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

Theadelphia, Themistou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)

Acquisition

In 1921 through the agency of the British Museum for Cornell University; handed over to the University of Michigan in 1972.

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Petermouthis, son of Her[

Type of Text/Title of Work

Declaration of livestock

Content

Declaration of livestock to the strategus and the royal secretary in the Arsinoite nome. Total herd declared here consists of twenty-two sheep, two goats and four lambs.

Subject Headings

Livestock|vRegisters--Egypt--Arsinoite Nome.

Cities and towns--Officials and employees--Egypt.

Taxation--Egypt.

Kharabat Ihrit (Egypt)

Signatures (Writing)

Persons

Herodes alias Tiberius, strategus,

Archibius, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome,

Petermouthis,

Her[,

Hadrian Caesar, emperor

Geographica

Theadelphia,

Arsinoite nome,

Themistou meris.

Translation

"Theadelphia. Sheep 22, goats 2, lambs 4.

To Herodes also called Tiberius, strategus, and to Archibius, royal secretary of the Arsinoite, Themistes division, from Petermouthis, son of Her. . . of those from the village of Theadelphia of the same division. In the past twelfth year of Hadrian Caesar our lord in the same village I declared 20 ewes, 2 goats, 2 lambs. I now declare a total of twenty-two sheep of the flock and two goats for the thirteenth year of Hadrian Caesar our lord, also four lambs, born later, which I shall share and join with the sheep . . . Petermouthis.

2nd hand. Herodes also called Tiberius, strategus, recorded (the registration). I, Chaeremon, recorder, have certified it: twenty-two ewes, two goats, four lambs. Year 13of Hadrian our lord . . .

3rd hand. I, Archibius, the royal scribe, have certified it through Is[.....]ethus [the remaining text is too fragmentary to be translated]."

Papyri.info Link

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
PCorn	Westermann WL - Kraemer CJ	1926	15	Pl p83	Westermann WL - Kraemer CJ, PCorn, 15, 1926, Pl p83 -- BL II.2, 48 on ll. 10-11, 12, 16-17,17, 19, 20-21 and 22; BL II.2, 49 on l. 26	BL II.2, 48 on ll. 10-11, 12, 16-17,17, 19, 20-21 and 22; BL II.2, 49 on l. 26
Griechische Papyri aus Aegypten	Hengstl J	1978	321-323	Hengstl J, Griechische Papyri aus Aegypten, 321-323, 1978

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

For bibliography, see Hengstl, Griechische Papyri, 1978, p. 323.

Cataloging

Cataloger

TC

Year Begin

128

Year End

129

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

3590 x 5142

File Size

2 MB

Record

1216

Link to this Item

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