P.Mich.inv. 5915 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
P.Mich.inv. 5915
Processing Number
2592
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
Archive of Sabinus and Apollinarius
Material
Pap
Size
29 X 13.7 cm
Items
1
Lines
32
Mounted
No
Negative
Yes
Conservation Status
broken off at the bottom and on the lower right side; fragile and glued to a paper backing
Palaeographic Description
See electronic version of PMich IX, 571
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
96 A.D. A.D. 96-98 A.D. (reign of Nerva[?])
Origin
unknown place, province of Egypt
Provenance
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Acquisition
30-C123CCJ-A (2)
Language
Greek
Genre
Documentary
Author
Gaius Iulius Sabinus (lines 1-18); Gaius Iulius Clemens (lines 19-32)
Type of Text/Title of Work
Contract for Deposit and Receipt for Withdrawal
Content
Acknowledgment made by the soldier Gaius Iulius Sabinus that he has received a deposit of 740 drachmai from another deposit from another soldier, Lucius Iulius Celer (lines 1-18). - Receipt issued by the soldier Gaius Iulius Clemens, perhaps acting as executor of Celer's will, to Sabinus, for the sum of 580 drachmai, with some disposition to be made for the remaining 160 drachmai as well as other effects.
Persons
Gaius Iulius Sabinus, stratiotes (see P.Mich. IX, p. 5-8);
Gaius Titius Maximus, (centurion);
Lucius Iulius Celer, stratiotes;
Minucius Nepos, (centurion);
Domitianus, Emperor;
Gaius Iulius Clemens, stratiotes;
Sempronius Clemens, (centurion);
Nerva(?), Emperor
Geographica
-
Translation
[[Gaius Iulius Sabinus, soldier of the third Cyrenaic legion in the century of Gaius Titius Maximus, to Lucius Iulius Celer, soldier of the same legion in the century of Minucius Nepos, greetings. I acknowledge that I have from you on deposit (paratheke) seven hundred and forty drachmai of imperial silver coin, 740 dr., which I shall return whenever you wish without delay or evasion. [This chirograph] shall be [valid] for anyone [who produces it] and anywhere [it may be produced as if] it were registered [in] the state archives. The fifteenth year of the [Emperor] Caesar Domitian [Augustus], . . . of the month Pauni(?).]]
(2nd hand) I, Gaius Iulius Clemens, soldier of the 22nd legion in the century of Sempronius Clemens, have received out of the aforesaid seven hundred and forty drachmai, from hand to hand out of the house, five hundred and eighty drachmai in silver, that is 580 dr., and the remaining [one hundred] and sixty silver [drachmai] he himself . . .

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
PMich IX Husselman EM 1971 571 Pl. XI Husselman EM, PMich IX, 571, 1971, Pl. XI -- BL VI, 83 (on lines 2, 20); BL VIII, 215-216 (on lines 16-17, 27, 29); BL IX 162 (on lines 7-8). BL VI, 83 (on lines 2, 20); BL VIII, 215-216 (on lines 16-17, 27, 29); BL IX 162 (on lines 7-8).

Availability/System Requirements

Institution
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Cataloging

Cataloger
PH
Year Begin
96
Year End
96

Technical Details

Image Size
2320 x 3072
File Size
948 KB
Record
2592
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-2592/5915r.tif

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