Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM): P.Mich.inv. 5838

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: + P.Mich.inv. 5910c + P.Mich.inv. 5910j + P.Mich.inv. 5910z14 + P.Mich.inv. 5925z32; Archive of Sabinus and Apollinarius
Material: Pap
Size: 13 x 8 cm
Items: 4
Lines: 8
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: broken off at the bottom; much damaged
Status: Published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: March 25, 147 A.D.
Origin: probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition: 30-C123BBJ-A
Language: Greek
Genre: Documentary
Author: Unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work: Declaration on Oath
Content: Beginning of a declaration on oath, which seems to concern the verification of status (epikrisis) of two Roman citizens, either children or veterans.
Subject Headings: Oaths--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city); Citizenship--Rome.; Veterans--Rome.
Persons: Antoninus Pius, Emperor;; Apolinarius (= Gaius Iulius Apollinarius? See P.Mich. IX, p. 5-8);; (Marcus) Petronius [Mamertinus], former prefect of Egypt
Geographica: Romaioi
Translation: According to the orders . . .; Year 10 of the Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Phamenoth 29.; I report, swearing by the oath customary for the Romans that both have been selected, [- - -] Apolinarius by Petronius [Mamertinus] the former prefect, [and - - -, by - - -]

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
Aegyptus 76	Sijpesteijn PJ	1996	30-31	Sijpesteijn PJ, Aegyptus 76, 30-31, 1996 -- To be republished; 3 fragments have been added. (PH)	To be republished; 3 fragments have been added. (PH)

Bibliography: Paul Heilporn "Une vieille dette. P. Mich. IX, 568-569 et autres papyrus du grenier C123 de Karanis", CE 85 (2010), 249-262

Notes: The central fragment was published by P.J. Sijpesteijn as P.Mich. inv. 5838a.; One fragment from this inv no was moved to inv. no 5827 to join the papyrus there.; four small fragments moved to inv. 5835 from here to join the papyrus there

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