DDbDP transcription: p.mich.9.532 [xml]
AD 181/2 Karanis
ὃ δέ ἐστι καὶ τοῖς ὀρφανοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀναγκαῖο[ν -ca.?- ]
ταῖς πατρίσι χρήσιμον τοῦτο ἐν τοῖς μάλ̣ιστ̣[α -ca.?- ]
τεσθαι παιδίας(*) μὲν μεταλαμβάνειν ὅσον [ -ca.?- ]
5τοὺς δὲ μετρ[ι]ωτέρους τέχνας τινὰς ἐκμα[νθάνειν -ca.?- ]
ἀπεδευσίαν(*) κατεσχύνειεν(*) ἂ̣ν μὲν τοὺς π[ -ca.?- ]
δὲ ἀπόροις̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣] οἱ καταδεέστεροι ⟦ἀλλὰ⟧ \μετα/[ -ca.?- ]
(ἔτους) κβ Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίν[ου -ca.?- ]
(hand 2) Ἀσκλ[ηπιάδ]ης Πετεχώ[ -ca.?- ]
10ων ἐ[ποίη(?)]σα νομίμω[ς -ca.?- ]
λοιπο[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ἐπ]ιτροπ̣ῆ̣ς̣ [ -ca.?- ]
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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APIS Translation (English)
. . . What is necessary to the orphans themselves [and yet] useful to their fatherlands, that [needs] to be especially . . . , that those whom [it belongs to] share an education, and that the poorer ones learn thoroughly some craft: [for the] want of education dishonours(?) the wealthy men, while to the people without resources, the life . . . inferior . . . In the 22nd year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus [- - -].;;(2nd hand) Asklepiades son of Petechon, [. . . defence] of the things conformable to custom I made [about] the remaining [time] of the guardianship.