P.Mich.inv. 4731 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 4731
Processing Number
2288
Section/Side
A; Recto, second text
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto, second text; Verso: S.B. VI, 9554, 2a
Material
Pap
Size
12.2 x 20 cm
Items
1
Lines
22
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
fragment of a tomos synkollesimos composed of several declarations glued side by side; broken off on the right side, damaged in the middle
Palaeographic Description
2nd hand: skilled commercial style; 3rd & 4th hands: skills approaching that of a professional scribe
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
June 7 or 10, 147 A.D.
Origin
either Arsinoe or unknown place, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
26-B17F-A
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
3 sons of a Ptolemaios: Mysthes(?) alias Sarapion, Ptolemaios, & Sarapammon alias Andronikos
Type of Text/Title of Work
Census Declaration
Content
Declaration (kat'oikian apographe for the census of 146/147 A.D.) of a vacant lot owned by three brothers
Persons
Areios(?) komogrammateus of [- - -];
My - - - (Mysthes?) alias Sarapion, son of Ptolemaios alias [- - -], katoikos;
Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios alias [- - -], katoikos;
Sarapammon alias Androneikos (Andronikos), son of Ptolemaios alias [- - -], katoikos;
Antoninus Pius, Emperor
Geographica
amphodon Linypheion (Arsinoiton polis)
Translation
(1st hand) 22.
(2nd hand) To Areios(?), village-secretary of . . ., from My . . ., also called [Sarapion], and Ptolemaios, and Sarapammon also called Androneikos, all three sons of Ptolemaios also called . . ., catoeci registered in the quarter of the Linen-weavers. There belongs to us . . . of the village a vacant lot, area one-fourth bikos, which we declare for the house-by-house census of the past 9th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord . . . (3rd hand) I, Sarapammon, son of Ptolemaios, have submitted the declaration, and have written for my brother M . . ., also called Sarapion, illiterate. (4th hand) I, Ptolemaios, son of Ptolemaios, have submitted it, as aforesaid. (5th hand) 10th year of [Antoninus] Caesar the lord, Pauni 13 <or 16>.

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
CE 28 Pearl OM 1953 336-340 SB VI 9554, 2c Pearl OM, CE 28, 336-340, 1953 -- SB VI 9554, 2c

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography
R.S. Bagnall - B.W. Frier, The Demography of Roman Egypt (Cambridge, 1994) p. 224.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
sc

Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
147
Year End
147

Technical Details

Image Size
2320 x 3072
File Size
948 KB
Record
2288
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2288/4731ar.tif

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