P.Mich.inv. 766 / Verso

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Record Details

Inventory Number

P.Mich.inv. 766

Processing Number

3121

Section/Side

pages I; II; III; IV

Image Side

Verso

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side

pages I - IV

Material

WT

Size

twice 17 x 13.5 cm

Items

2

Lines

Page I (wood) - 14 + 1;

Page II (wax) - 13;

Page III (wax) - 9;

Page IV (wood) - 7 + 8

Mounted

Yes

Negative

Yes

Conservation Status

Perfectly preserved

Status

published

Library

Ann Arbor

Contents

Date

August 13, 128 A.D.

Origin

Alexandria, province of Egypt

Provenance

Unknown

Acquisition

purchased from Maurice Nahman in Cairo in 1922

Language

Latin

Greek (last line of Page I)

Genre

Documentary

Author

Unknown scribe

Type of Text/Title of Work

Birth Certificate of Herennia Gemella

Content

Certificated copy of the declaration (professio) of birth of a Roman girl, Herennia Gemella. The text is written twice on a pair (diptychon) of wood tablets with wax on the interior side, which was originally sealed by the seals of the seven witnesses, so that only the text on wood (scriptio exterior) could be read without breaking the seals

Subject Headings

Birth certificates--Egypt--Alexandria.

Citizenship--Rome.

Population control

Privileged class

Woman

Persons

Lucius Nonius Torquatus Asprenas and Marcus Annius Libo, consuls of 128 A.D.;

Hadrianus, Emperor;

Augustus (see Geographica);

Marcus Claudius Squilla Gallicanus and Titus Atilius Rufus Titianus, consuls of 127 A.D.;

Titus Flavius Titianus, prefect of Egypt;

Gaius Herennius Geminianus, father of Herennia Gemella;

Herennia Gemella, daughter of Gaius Herennius Geminianus and Diogenis Thermoutharion;

Diogenis Thermoutharion, daughter of Marcus, mother of Herennia Gemella;

Marcus Iulius Capitolinus;

Lucius Petronius Celer;

Gaius Iulius Blandianus;

Marcus Antistius Longus;

Gaius Sempronius Valens;

Titus Flavius Macrinus;

Marcus Antonius Clemens

Geographica

Alexandria ad Aegyptum; forum Augusti

Translation

(Latin text, Scriptio interior, Pages II-III)

In the consulship of Lucius Nonius Torquatus Asprenas, for the second time, and Marcus Annius Libo, on the Ides of April, in the 12th year of the Emperor Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, on the 18th day of the month Pharmouthi, in Alexandria ad Aegyptum, a copy was made and verified from a record of declarations of births of children, which record had been posted in the Forum of Augustus; in which was written that which is written below:

In the consulship of Marcus Claudius Squilla Gallicanus and Titus Atilius Rufus Titianus, in the twelfth year of the Emperor Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, when Titus Flavius Titianus was prefect of Egypt, acknowledgments of the births of children were received for record without judicial cognizance:

There was written on tablet 8, page 2, in larger letters, 'in the consulship of Lucius Nonius Torquatus Asprenas, for the second time, and Marcus Annius Libo', and after other entries on page 9, under the date of the sixth day before the Kalends of April:

I, Gaius Herennius Geminianus, whose census rating is 375 (thousand) sesterces, (registered) in the monthly (record) as a Roman citizen my daughter, Herennia Gemella, born of Diogenis Thermoutharion, daughter of Marcus, on the fifth day before the Ides of March last past.

(Latin list of witnesses, Page IV)

(Seals) of Marcus Iulius Capitolinus

of Lucius Petronius Celer

of Gaius Iulius Blandianus

of Marcus Antistius Longus

of Gaius Sempronius Valens

of Titus Flavius Macrinus

of Marcus Antonius Clemens

(Latin text, Scriptio exterior, Pages IV and I)

(In Greek, at the bottom of Page I:) Herennia Gemella.

Papyri.info Link

https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.3121

Information on Publications

Publications

Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
TAPA 54	Kelsey FW	1923	187-195	Pl. I-IV	Kelsey FW, TAPA 54, 187-195, 1923, Pl. I-IV
Griechische Papyri	Schubart W	1927	33	Schubart W, Griechische Papyri, 33, 1927

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications

Rep Editor - Sanders HA; Rep Ser. - PMich III; 1936; No_pg. 166

Rep Editor - Calderini A; Rep Ser. - Papiri latini; 1945; No_pg. 33

Rep Editor - Cavenaile R; Rep Ser. - CPL; 1957; No_pg. 151

Rep Editor - Seider R; Rep Ser. - Palaeographie der lateinischen Papyri I; 1972; No_pg. 25 (with pl. XII-XIII)

Information on Publications--Bibliography

Bibliography

R. Cagnat, JSav 1927 p. 193; H.A. Sanders, CP 22 (1927) p. 409-413; H.A. Sanders, AJA 32 (1928) p. 312; H.A. Sanders, CP 23 (1928) p. 250-257; U. Wilcken, Archiv 9 (1930) p. 100-102; H.A. Sanders, Aegyptus 11 (1931) p. 185-186; J.G. Winter, Life and Letters in the Papyri (Ann Arbor, 1933) p. 53-54; W. Brashear - F.A.J. Hoogendijk, Enchoria 17 (1990) p. 38

Availability/System Requirements

Scanner Initials

CT

Date Scanned

6/26/1996

Institution

sr

Cataloging

Cataloger

PH

Year Begin

128

Year End

128

Technical Details

Collection

Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)

Image Size

2113 x 2305

File Size

648 KB

Record

3121

Link to this Item

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