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p.mich.9.532 = HGV P.Mich. 9 532 = Trismegistos 12027 = michigan.apis.2552



DDbDP transcription: p.mich.9.532 [xml]

AD 181/2 Karanis

ποις ἵ(*)να καὶ ταῦτα ἐν ἀκμῇ τῆς ἡλικί[ας ⁦ -ca.?- ⁩]
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.?- ⁩]

Apparatus


^ 1. ϊνα papyrus
^ 4. l. παιδείας
^ 6. l. ἀπαιδευσίαν
^ 6. l. καταισχύνειεν

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.