OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

9.1 x 8.1 cm.

Lines:

7

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

–

State of preservation:

The papyrus is complete, but torn at both sides and at the bottom. The top margin is 1 cm.

Content

Date:

114/115 A.D.

Origin:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Anchorimphis, son of Iemouthes

Title / Type of text:

Penthemeros certificate

Content:

Certificate that Anchorimphis, son of Iemouthes, has worked five days on the embankments.

Subjects:

Certificate Penthemeral dike corvee Work Dike Irrigation Taxation

Named people:

Anchorimphis, son of Iemouthes and Soeris Soeris, mother of Anchorimphis Iemouthes, son of Peteos Kraton Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, emperor

Named places:

Karanis dioryx Patsontis Api(?)...

English translation:

The eighteenth year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus. Has worked for five days for work on the embankments of the same eighteenth year, on behalf of the village of Karanis, in the desert canal of Patsontis and Api(?). (2nd hand): Anchorimphis, son of Iemouthes, son of Peteos, his mother being Soeris. (3rd hand): I, Craton, have signed it.

Provenance:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by S.Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Eliassen M de Kat, SO 40, 1965, 44-45
  SB: VIII 9924
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Sijpesteijn PJ, P.Lugd.Bat. 12, p.57 ad 96 (l.5)

Further Literature

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