OPES – Oslo Papyri Electronic System

Background and Physical Properties

Material:

Papyrus

Connections:

–

Size:

19.9 x 8.8 cm.

Lines:

21

Publication side:

Recto, the Verso is blank

Palaeographic description:

All the text is written by one scribe, but in two different types of script: 1) Roman cursive, the main body of the document, 2) an upright, elaborate style, more resembling a book hand, used only in the heading, l.11. The writing is clear and fairly easy to read

State of preservation:

–

Content

Date:

238-242 A.D.

Origin:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Documentary

Author:

–

Title / Type of text:

List

Content:

Fragmentary list of soldiers, organised in squadrons (turmae).

Subjects:

List Soldiers Army Cavalry

Named people:

Aureliuis Cronion Nicolaus, decurio Appius Claudius Iulianus II, consul of 224 A.D. Aurelius Hermaiscus Quintianus, decurio P. Valerius Comazon Eutychianus, consul of 220 A.D. Iulius Horigenes Titus, decurio Modestus, consul of 228? A.D. Aurelius H(-) Flaminius, decurio L. Virius Agricola, consul of 230 A.D. Aurelius Artemidorus Aelius Sarapion Ammonianus Cosanus, decurio C. Bruttius Praesens, consul of 217 A.D. Aurelius Ammonianus Iulius Sarapion Sarapion, decurio C. Vettius Gratus Sabinianus, consul of 221 A.D. Aurelius Heras M.Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar, emperor, consul of 222 A.D. Theon, son of Serenus Ammonianus, decurio

Named places:

–

English translation:

Aurelius Cronion, Roman citizen, (belonging to the) turma of Nicolaus, (enrolled) in the consulship of Iulianus II; Aurelius Hermaiscus, Roman citizen, (belonging to the) turma of Quintianus, (enrolled) in the consulship of Valerius Comazon; Iulius Horigenes, Roman citizen, (belonging to the) turma of Titus, (enrolled) in the consulship of Modestus; Aurelius H(...), Roman citizen, (belonging to the) turma of Flaminius, (enrolled) in the consulship of Agricola; Aurelius (A)rtem(idorus), Roman citizen, (belonging to the) turma of ..., (enrolled) in the consulship of Agricola.Ten sesquiplicarii:Aelius Sarapion, (belonging to the) turma of Ammonianus Cosanus, (enrolled) in the consulship of Praesens; Aurelius Ammonianus, (belonging to the) turma of Flaminius, (enrolled) in the consulship of Iulianus II; Iulius Sarapion, (belonging to the) turma of Sarapion, (enrolled) in the consulship of Gratus; Aurelius Heras, (belonging to the) turma of Titus, (enrolled) in the consulship of the Divus Alexander; Theon, son of Serenus, (belonging to the) turma of Ammonianus, (enrolled) in the consulship of Praesens ...(the list breaks off)

Provenance:

Unknown place, province of Egypt

Acquisition:

Purchased by L. Amundsen from R.H.Blanchard, Schâri Kâmil, Cairo 5.1. 1928

Acquisition year:

–

Editions

• Amundsen L, SO 10, 1932, 16-30
• Eitrem S, Amundsen L, P. Oslo III, 1936, 122, picture: PI.X

Further Literature

Wilcken U, Archiv 10 (1932) p. 279R.O.Fink, ""A fragment of a Roman military papyrus at Princeton,"" TAPA 76 (1945) 276Chartae Latinae Antiquiores 46 no. 1391, p.57, pl. XCorpus Papyrorum Latinorum 139R.O.Fink, Roman military records on papyrus, Cleveland 1971, 146-147 (no. 24) Daris S, Documenti per la storia dell' esercito Romano in Egitto. Milano 1964. No. 23