P.Mich.inv. 5869 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5869
- Processing Number
- 16827
- Section/Side
- j; recto
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- recto; verso is blank
- Connections
- + P.Mich.inv. 5869e + P.Mich.inv. 5869z14
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 12.9 x 14.1 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 15 lines
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- "Three fragments have been joined to form a document that is nearly complete, though badly damaged. Intact are the left side with a margin of 1 cm and part of the top margin (1.5 cm). A segment in the bottom right corner is missing. The papyrus is extremely soft and fragile, and the ink is effaced in many places" (Claytor in edition)
- Palaeographic Description
- "The same hand is possibly found in another declaration of uninundated land, the fragmentary P.Mich.inv. 5869l (163/64 CE)" (Claytor in edition)
- Status
- Published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 157/58 or 158/59 A.D.
- Origin
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 30-C123CCH2-A
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Declaration of Uninundated Land
- Content
- "The present declaration is the second that can be dated to [M. Sempronius] Liberalis' term of office...The addressees in our text are the elders of the village of Karanis, who, at this time, were performing the duties of the komogrammateus. The declarant is one Iulia NN, alias Apollonarion, acting with her kyrios M. Sempronius Saturnilus. The land reported as uninundated is private land...part of the kleros Karabou, a previously unattested toponym near Karanis." (Claytor in edition)
- Persons
- Ptollas alias NN
- Iulia NN alias Apollonarion
- Marcus Sempronius Saturnilus
- Sempronius Liberalis
- Geographica
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Karabos (near Karanis)
- Translation
- "To Ptollas alias NN...and Hero- and the rest of the elders who are performing the duties of the komogrammateus' office of the village of Karanis, from Ioulia NN alias Apollonarion, acting with Marcus Sempronius Saturnilus as her guardian. In accordance with the orders of the prefect Sempronius Liberalis, clarissimus, I declare the 1 (?) and 3/4 arouras that I own near the village of Karanis, of the allotment of Karabos, in three plots, to be inundated.
- Year 2- [21 or 22] of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus [Antoninus Augustus] Pius..." (tr. Claytor in edition)
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich XXI Claytor WG 2018 118-120 119 Claytor WG, PMich XXI, 118-120, 2018, 119
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- NL
- Year Begin
- 157
- Year End
- 159
Technical Details
- Record
- 16827
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-16827/5869jv.tif
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"P.Mich.inv. 5869; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-16827/5869jv.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.