P.Mich.inv. 5791 / Verso
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5791
- Processing Number
- 2552
- Section/Side
- Verso
- Image Side
- Verso
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Verso; Recto unpublished
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 16.5 X 12.1 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- 11
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- (Verso) broken on the right side and at the bottom
- Palaeographic Description
- see electronic version of P.Mich. IX, 532
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 181/182 A.D.
- Origin
- unknown place, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 30-B224B*-M (2)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Asklepiades son of Petechon(?)
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Document Concerning the Education of Orphans
- Content
- End of a document, perhaps part of a forensic plea on the guardianship of orphans
- Subject Headings
- Orphans--Egypt.
- Education--Egypt.
- Justice, Administration of--Egypt.
- Schools--Egypt.
- Persons
- Commodus, Emperor;
- Asklepiades son of Petechon
- Geographica
- -
- Translation
- . . . What is necessary to the orphans themselves [and yet] useful to their fatherlands, that [needs] to be especially . . . , that those whom [it belongs to] share an education, and that the poorer ones learn thoroughly some craft: [for the] want of education dishonours(?) the wealthy men, while to the people without resources, the life . . . inferior . . . In the 22nd year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus [- - -].
- (2nd hand) Asklepiades son of Petechon, [. . . defence] of the things conformable to custom I made [about] the remaining [time] of the guardianship.
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 532 Pl. V Husselman EM, PMich IX, 532, 1971, Pl. V -- BL VIII, 215 on line 8; BL IX 161 on lines 2-7; 8. BL VIII, 215 on line 8; BL IX 161 on lines 2-7; 8.
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P.J. Parsons, CR 24 (1974) p. 147; P.J. Sijpesteijn, ZPE 49 (1982) p. 104.
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 181
- Year End
- 182
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2180 x 2628
- File Size
- 762 KB
- Record
- 2552
- Link to this Item
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"P.Mich.inv. 5791; Verso." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2552/5791v.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.