P.Mich.inv. 4788
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 4788
- Processing Number
- 2312
- Section/Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 6.6 x 7 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- 8
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- badly damaged
- Status
- published
- Library
- Cairo
Contents
- Date
- September 2, 168 A.D.
- Origin
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 26-B15C-B
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown dyke-surveyor
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Receipt (Certificate) for work performed for the penthemeral dyke corvée
- Content
- Receipt (Certificate) for work performed on the embankments for the penthemeral dyke corvée
- Subject Headings
- Irrigation.
- Corvée--Egypt.0:Corvée--Egypt.Corvée (compulsory work)
- Dikes (Engineering)--Egypt.
- Persons
- Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus, Emperors;
- Pe[- - -] son of Kastor and Ammo(--), grandson of - - -
- Geographica
- Patsontis(?); Karanis(?)
- Translation
- Year nine of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus. Has worked in fulfillment of the past 8th year with respect to the embankments from Thoth 1 throuh 5 in the desert canal of Patsontis(?) on behalf of Karanis(?): (2nd hand) Pe - - -, son of Kastor and Ammo(- -) and grandson of - - -.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2315
Information on Publications
- Publications
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Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections ZPE 109 Sijpesteijn PJ 1995 104 Pl. XIV SB XXII, 15864 Sijpesteijn PJ, ZPE 109, 104, 1995, Pl. XIV -- SB XXII, 15864
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 168
- Year End
- 168
Technical Details
- Record
- 2312
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2312/1
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"P.Mich.inv. 4788." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2312/1. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2025.