P.Mich.inv. 5795 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 5795

Processing Number

2553

Section/Side

Recto

Image Side

Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

Recto; Verso is blank

Material

Pap

Size

9 x 25.2 cm

Items

1

Lines

28

Mounted

No

Negative

No

Conservation Status

complete

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

IInd century A.D.

Origin

Probably Memphis, province of Egypt

Provenance

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition

30-B224B*-M (6)

Language

Greek

Genre

Documentary

Author

Unknown

Type of Text/Title of Work

Report of the Recession of the Nile

Content

(Draft or copy of a?) Record, covering approximately a month, of the recessing level of the inundation of the Nile, with comparison of the level of the river at the same time a year earlier

Subject Headings

Administration

Persons

-

Geographica

-

Translation

Recession of the river.

Phaophi 10-17, the river [[recession]] remained at the same level as on the 10th. 18-20, the river fell 1 <digit> (per day), so that the recession was 3 digits from the river's total rise of 16 cubits 22 digits. Last year's recession in the same period: up to the 17th, 4 digits (per day); 18-20, the river fell 3 digits (per day), so that the recession was 1 cubit 13 digits from the total rise in the reservoir of 15 cubits 24 digits.

21-25, the river fell 1 digit (per day), so that the recession was 8 digits from the total rise (recorded) with the reservoir of 16 cubits 22 digits, so that remain [[20]] 16 cubits 14 digits. Last year's recession in the same period: 21-22, the river fell 4 digits (per day); the next days, 23-25, the river fell3 digits (per day), so that the recession was 2 cubits 2 digits.

26-30, the river fell 2 digits (per day), so that the recession was 18 digits from the total rise (recorded) with the reservoir of 16 cubits 22 digits, so that remain 16 cubits 4 digits. Last year's recession in the same period: 26-27, the river fell 4 digits (per day); the next days, the river fell3 digits (per day), so that the recession was 2 cubits 19 digits.

Hathyr 1-5, the river fell 1 digit (per day), so that the recession was 23 digits from the total rise (recorded) with the reservoir of 16 cubits 22 digits. Last year's recession in the same period: the river fell 3 digits (per day), so that the recession was 3 [[digits]] cubits 6 digits from the total rise of 15 cubits 24 digits.

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Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
TAPA 87	Pearl OM	1956	51-59	SB XXII, 15622	Pearl OM, TAPA 87, 51-59, 1956 -- SB XXII, 15622

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

D. Bonneau, La crue du Nil (Paris, 1964) p. 113, n. 7, 286, n. 6; D. Bonneau, Le fisc et le Nil (Paris, 1972) p. 46-48 and graphique III; D. Bonneau, Le régime administratif de l'eau du Nil (Leiden - New York - Koeln, 1993) p. 182-183.

Availability/System Requirements

Institution

sc

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

100

Year End

199

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

1279 x 2907

File Size

495 KB

Record

2553

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