P.Mich.inv. 1016 / Recto

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Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 1016

Processing Number

1298

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Material

Pap

Size

28 x 23.8 cm

Items

2

Lines

33

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Broken off at the top and on the left side; a few holes on the left upper portion and on the lower right hand part

Palaeographic Description

The writing is characteriwed by firm strokes (McCarren)

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

July 19 A.D. 20, 241 A.D.

Origin

Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Provenance

probably Oxyrhynchus, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

June 1922; Acquired from Nahman through the British Museum

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Aurelius Ammonios alias Apollonios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome

Type of Text/Title of Work

Official Letter

Content

Official letter sent on July 19, 241 A.D., by the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome to the keepers of the property registers of the same nome, notifying them that Aurelius Theon, son of Diogenes, has been granted exemption from liturgic service for being the father of five children; the letter is followed by a copy of the petition (l. 10-32) addressed by Aurelius Theon to the strategos, which itself includes copy of an earlier petition (with the same object) by Aurelius Theon to the prefect (l. 14-24) and of the agreement given by the said prefect in May 239 A.D. (l. 25-26). The last line (l. 33) probably certified that the privilege was duly recorded in the property registers on July 20, 241 A.D.

Subject Headings

Tax exemption--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Service, Compulsory non-military--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Literacy--Egypt--Bahnas¯a.

Persons

Claudius epis[- - -] (?);

Claudius Ma[- - -] (?);

Aurelius Ammonios alias Apollonios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome;

Aurelius Theon son of Diogenes and Soeris;

Lucretius Annianus, prefect of Egypt;

Gordianus, Emperor (& consul);

Aurelius Chairemon;

(M. Acilius) Aviola, consul;

(unnamed) [komogrammateus] of Mermertha;

(unnamed) bibliophylakes enkteseon of the Oxyrhynchite nome;

Pausanias son of Aurelius Theon;

Apollonios son of Aurelius Theon;

Aneiketos (Aniketos) son of Aurelius Theon;

Agathos Daimon son of Aurelius Theon;

[- - - son/daughter] of Aurelius Theon;

Aurelius Herakles son of Heraklammon;

[Aurelius - - -, hyperetes]

Geographica

Oxyrhynchon polis (Oxyrhynchus), Oxyrhynchite nome; Mermertha

Translation

(Traces of 4 lines)

[Aurelius Ammonios], also known as Apollonios, [strategos of the Oxyrhynchite, to the keepers of the property registers], greetings: [. . .] I send to you, my dear friends, [the copy of the petition which Aurelius Theon submitted to me] enclosing another (petition), addressed by him to Lucretius Annianus, the ex-prefect, [along with the copy of the] subscription, for your information. I pray that you may be in good health, my dear friends. [In the 4th year] of the Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Pius Felix Augustus, Epeiph 25.

[To Aurelius] Ammonios also known as Apollonios, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite, [from Aurelius] Theon, son of Diogenes, his mother being Soeris, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. The following is a copy of the petition which I submitted to the most eminent ex-prefect, Lucretius Annianus, [extracts] of the imperial ordinances having been inserted therein, and of the decision which I received from him:

To [Lucretius] Annianus, most illustrious prefect, from Aurelius Theon, son of Diogenes, his mother being Soeris, from the city [of Oxyrhynchus]. The imperial ordinances are clear, most illustrious prefect, and plainly [it is ordained] that one who has become father of five children, be released from the burden of liturgical offices, as he himself undertakes such a [burdening] public service as raising so many [children] with his care and expenses. I myself, although being of small means as to my resources, have not shrunk from the rearing of [my children] who now also have become known through public documents. I ask that the orders issued by the [imperial edicts] be safeguarded also for me. Therefore, I present the petitions in order that, my lord, in accordance with [your - - -] reverence for the laws you, by (your) subscription, direct the strategos of the nome, [- - -] lawlessness, that is, that I may not be burdened by any [liturgy] in accordance with the orders issued in the case of many others, so that I may be relieved. Farewell. I, [Aurelius Theon, sent] (the petition) for submission. I, Aurelius Chairemon, wrote for him since he is illiterate.

[The - - - day before] the Kalends of June, in the consulship of our lord Gordian Augustus and Aviola. [The strategos] will see to it that everything is done in accordance with the orders issued regarding such matters. volume [ ], sheet 265(?).

[This completes the petition] and the subscription. I have thus appended the names of my children, which also appear in the [registers of the public] records, and I request that you send (copy of this) to the [village secretary] of Mermertha where I have performed my public duties, [in order that he may know] I am not under the obligation of public duties, but also to the keepers of the property registers, (so that) they [make] the appropriate registration. The list is: Pausanias, Apollonios, Aniketos, Agathos Daimon, [- - -. Year . .] of the Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordian Pius Felix Augustus, [- - -. I, Aurelius Theon, have submitted (this petition)]. I, Aurelius Herakles, son of Heraklammon, wrote for him since he is illiterate.

[I, Aurelius - - -, assistant, have conveyed it.] Year 4, Epeiph 26.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1298

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Diss	McCarren VP	1975	2		McCarren VP, Diss, 2, 1975
PMich XIV	McCarren VP	1	675	Pl. I-V	McCarren VP, PMich XIV, 675, 1, Pl. I-V -- BL IX, 295 (bibliography)	BL IX, 295 (bibliography)

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications

Rep Editor - McCarren VP-Hagedorn D; Rep Ser. - ZPE 49; 1982; pg. 76-78

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

N. Lewis, Miscellanea Papyrologica in occasione del bicentenario dell'edizione della Charta Borgiana = Pap. Flor. XIX, 2 (Firenze, 1990) p. 341-343 [= N. Lewis, On Government and Law in Roman Egypt. Collected Papers of Naphtali Lewis (Atlanta, 1995) p. 328-330]; R. Haensch, ZPE 100 (1994) p. 528, n. 18; J.D. Thomas, The Prefectorial subscriptio in P.Mich. XIV 675 = SB XVI 12994, ZPE 160 (2007), 205-210; Jean Gascou, Fiscalite et societe en Egypte byzantine, Achcbyz 1008, p. 426

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Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

19

Year End

241

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2922 x 2320

File Size

902 KB

Record

1298

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