P.Mich.inv. 5895 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 5895
- Processing Number
- 2584
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto; Verso is blank
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 14.7 X 12.2 cm
- Items
- 2
- Lines
- 16
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- Yes
- Conservation Status
- broken off at the bottom; badly broken along a fold; glued to a paper backing
- Palaeographic Description
- See electronic version of PMich IX, 543
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- 134-136 A.D.
- Origin
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Provenance
- Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
- Acquisition
- 30-C123CCH2-A (6)
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Dioskoros son of - - -, camelherd
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Declaration of Camels
- Content
- Sworn statement made by a certain Dioskoros, acting as official of the guild of the camelherds of Karanis, to the strategos Archias, giving the total number of camels hold in the village
- Subject Headings
- Animal populations--Registers--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Rome--Kings and rulers.
- Oaths--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Occupations--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city
- Transportation--Egypt--Karanis (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Archias, strategos of the Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite;
- Dioskoros son of - - - grandson of Phaesis, kamelotrophos(?) (= the other Dioskoros?);
- Hadrianus, Emperor;
- Aphrodisios son of Ptolemaios (kamelotrophos);
- Dioskoros son of M- - - (Maron?) (kamelotrophos) (= the former Dioskoros?);
- Kronion son of - - - (kamelotrophos);
- Hatres son of Petesouchos (kamelotrophos);
- Horion [- - -] (kamelotrophos);
- Anth[- - -] (kamelotrophos);
- Ptolemaios [- - -] (kamelotrophos)
- Geographica
- Herakleidou meris of the Arsinoite nome; Karanis
- Translation
- To Archias, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. I, Dioskoros, son of . . ., the son of Phaesis, from the village of Karanis, camelherd(?) of the same village, swear by the Fortune of Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus that there are fifty-five full-grown camels in the village, that is [[55]] 59, and 13 colts, making altogether [[68]] 72, of which (the list) by man (is)(?):
- 'Aphrodisios, son of Ptolemaios 4 camels'
- Dioskoros, son of M . . . 6 camels 2 colts
- Kronion . . . 8 camels 2 colts
- Hatres son of Petesouchos 2 camels
- Horion . . . 5 camels
- . . . 5 camels 1 colt
- Anth . . . 10 camels 4 colts
- Ptolemaios . . . 2 camels
- . . . . . .
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.2584
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 543 Pl. VII Husselman EM, PMich IX, 543, 1971, Pl. VII -- BL VII, 113 (on lines 2, 7-10, 13, 14); BL VIII, 215 (bibliography); BL IX 162 (on lines 5, 8). BL VII, 113 (on lines 2, 7-10, 13, 14); BL VIII, 215 (bibliography); BL IX 162 (on lines 5, 8).
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- B. Boyaval, REA 75 (1973) p. 184; B. Boyaval, ZPE 14 (1974) p. 76; P.J. Parsons, CR 24 (1974) p. 148; J.R. Rea, JEA 60 (1974) p. 294
Availability/System Requirements
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- 134
- Year End
- 136
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2168 x 2164
- File Size
- 624 KB
- Record
- 2584
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2584/5895r.tif
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