P.Mich.inv. 3994 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3994
- Processing Number
- 2128
- Section/Side
- recto
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Pages III-IV
- Material
- WT
- Size
- 16.6 x 8.2 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- Page III (wax) - 7;
- page IV (wood) - 11
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the bottom (of the wax side); first tablet missing
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 138 A.D.
- Origin
- Pselkis, Nubia, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Unknown
- Acquisition
- March 1925; Acquired from Nahman lot
- Language
- Latin
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- [- - -], father of Numissius
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Birth Certificate of an Illegitimate Boy
- Content
- End of the birth certificate of Numissius, the illegitimate boy of a soldier in the Roman army (who, as such, was not allowed to marry); the father's declaration was probably confirmed by the signatures of seven witnesses, now lost. The father might have belonged to the cohors II Ituraeorum, an auxiliary unit stationed in Pselkis at the time
- Subject Headings
- Soldiers--Egypt--Pselkis (Extinct city)--Family relationships.
- Birth certificates--Egypt--Pselkis (Extinct city)
- Illegitimate children--Egypt--Pselkis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- (Gaius Pomponius) Camerinus & (Canus Iunius) Niger, consuls of 138 A.D.;
- Hadrianus, emperor;
- Numissius
- Geographica
- Pselchis (Pselkis)
- Translation
- (Scriptio interior - Page III, on wax)
- [- - - declares that a son was born to him from (a woman) at (a given date)] in the consulship [of Camerinus] and Niger, in the place Pselkis, at the winter quarters of the aforementioned cohort, in year 22 of the emperor Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus; that he is called Numissius; that he made attestation of this in accordance with the Aelian-Sentian and Papian-Poppaean laws which were passed concerning the begetting of children; and that he had not been able to register (the birth) because the hindrance [of military service. Dated at the aforementioned Pselkis, at the winter camp of the aforementioned cohort, on - - - in the aforementioned consulship].
- (Scriptio exterior - Page IV, on wood)
- [- - - declares that a son was born to him from (a woman) at (a given date)] in the consulship of [Camerinus] and Niger, [in the place Pselkis], at the winter quarters of the aforementioned cohort, [in year 22] of the emperor Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus; that he is called Numissius; that he made attestation of this in accordance with the [Aelian]-Sentian and [Papian]-Poppaean laws which were passed concerning the begetting of children; and that he had not been able [to register (the birth)] because the hindrance of military service. [Dated at] the aforementioned Pselkis, at the winter camp of the aforementioned cohort, [on - - -] in the aforementioned consulship.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2128
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections Aegyptus 17 Sanders HA 1937 233-240 Plate Sanders HA, Aegyptus 17, 233-240, 1937, Plate PMich VII Sanders HA 1947 436 Pl. VI a, b Sanders HA, PMich VII, 436, 1947, Pl. VI a, b
Information on Publications--Further Republications
- Further Republications
- Rep_Editor - Cavenaile R; Rep_Ser - CPL; Rep_Year - 1959; Rep_Pg_No - 161
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- U. Wilcken, Archiv 13 (1939) p. 152
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 138
- Year End
- 138
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2886 x 4623
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2128
- Link to this Item
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"P.Mich.inv. 3994; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2128/3994v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.