OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

34 x 11.5 cm.

Lines:

20

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

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State of preservation:

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Content

Date:

August 12, 212 A.D.

Origin:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Language:

Greek

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

Satyros

Title / Type of text:

Petition

Content:

Complaint and petition to the centurion Aurelius Valerianus from Satyros, son of Maron, of Karanis, concerning arson of some acacia trees

Subjects:

Complaint Petition Arson Acacia tree Agriculture

Named people:

Aurelius Valerianus, centurion Satyros, son of Maron Maron Marcus Aurelius, emperor

Named places:

Karanis

English translation:

To Aurelius Valerianus, centurion, from Satyros, son of Maron, of the town Karanis in the Herakleides district. The night before today, which is the 18th, all my fine acacia trees were set fire to, on the oil plantation I have above the said town, so that as a consequence of this I have suffered a not insubstantial loss, but by whose hands, I do not know. Therefore I necessarily hand over this, making it clear to you, so that it shall hold good when the culprits turn up. Farewell. Satyros delivered (this). In the 20th year of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Pius Augustus, 19. Mesore.

Provenance:

Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by S. Eitrem in Egypt 1920

Acquisition year:

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Editions

• Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, 23, picture: Pl. VIIb
  ▾ Corrections:

  • Eitrem S-Amundsen L, P.Oslo II, 1931, p. 152 (l. 8)Preisendanz K, Philologische Wochenschrift 52 (1932) p. 231 (l. 9)Youtie HC, CP 27 (1932) p. 89 (l.17,18,19)Wilcken U, APF10 (1932) p. 84 (l. 11)Olsson B, Indogermanische Forschungen 52 (1933) p. 155 (l. 11)Eitrem S- Amundsen L, P.Oslo III ,1936, p. 275 (l. 9,17)Tomsin A, Choix de papyrus grecs, Liège 1968, no.19 (l. 7,11)Sijpesteijn PJ, ZPE 49 (1982) p. 106 (l. 17)Kramer B, ZPE 97 (1993), p.133 (l. 7)

Further Literature

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