P.Mich.inv. 853 / Recto

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P.Mich.inv. 853

Record Details

Inventory Number: P.Mich.inv. 853
Processing Number: 3141
Section/Side: Recto
Image Side: Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side: Recto; Verso is blank
Connections: P. Mich. inv. 795
Material: Pap
Size: 7.5 x 18 cm.
Items: 1
Lines: 1-27
Mounted: No
Negative: Yes
Conservation Status: This medium-brown papyrus is regularly cut at left and right, and it has been torned away below line 26.
Palaeographic Description: The report of the death was written by the same hand that wrote inv. 795. A second hand, possibly that of Tapapeis herself, appended a subscription (ll. 20-26), which is devoted to an oath by the emperor Claudius. A third hand may have written the second half of line 26. This has defied all attempts to produce an adequate transcription.
Status: published
Library: Ann Arbor

Date: June/July, 47 A.D.
Origin: Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance: Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt (?)
Acquisition: Received at the British Museum from Dr. David L. Askren, Fayoum, Egypt, in September 1922
Language: Greek
Genre: documentary
Author: Tapapeis
Type of Text/Title of Work: notification of death
Content: This papyrus contains a more fully preserved copy of the notification of death cataloged as P. Mich. inv. 795. In this text Tapapeis reports to the royal secretary of the Herakleides division the death of her husband Abeis,a resident of Philadelphia, in June/July, 47 A.D.
Persons: Hermaios,; Tapapeis, daughter of Pasis,; Adrastos, son of Diogenes,; Abeis, son of Horos,; Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator.
Geographica: Philadelphia.
Translation: "To Hermaios, royal secretary, from Tapapeis, daughter of Pasis, acting with her relative Adrastos, son of Diogenes, as her kyrios. My husband Abeis, son of Horos, paying the poll tax at the village of Philadelphia, died in the month Epeiph of the current seventh year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. I therefore request that his name be entered among those who have died.; Tapapeis, about 45 years old, with a scar on the right foot.; Adrastos, about 50 years old, with a scar on the 3rd finger of the right hand;; (2nd hd.) I, the aforesaid Tapapeis, acting with the aforesaid Adrastos as my kyrios, swear by Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator that . . . everything said above is true. If I swear truly, may it be well with me; if I swear falsely, the reverse . . ."
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Information on Publications

Publications: Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections

ZPE 22 Youtie HC 1976 58-59 Pl XVd SB XIV 11587 Youtie HC, ZPE 22, 58-59, 1976, Pl XVd -- SB XIV 11587 -- BL VIII, 372 (bibliography) BL VIII, 372 (bibliography)

Information on Publications--Further Republications

Further Republications: Rep_editor Casarico L; Rep_Ser C.P.Gr. II/1; Rep_Year 1985; Rep_No. 5b (l. 16-26 only)

Cataloging

Cataloger: TC
Year Begin: 47
Year End: 47

Technical Details

Collection: Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM)
Image Size: 2787 x 4731
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 3141
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3141/853r.tif

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Series and Volume	Editor	Year	Pg/Nr	Photo	SB	Preferred Citation	Corrections
ZPE 22	Youtie HC	1976	58-59	Pl XVd	SB XIV 11587	Youtie HC, ZPE 22, 58-59, 1976, Pl XVd -- SB XIV 11587 -- BL VIII, 372 (bibliography)	BL VIII, 372 (bibliography)