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Title The Emperor Aurelian and the Corrector Firmus in a Private Context
Publications P.Bingen 113
More in series P.Bingen
Inv. Id P.Mich.inv. 5457, verso
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries XII 36
Origin Karanis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)
More from Karanis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)
Material Papyrus
Date 272 - 273 (?)
More from the period between 272 CE and 273 CE
Commentary Rückseite: P.Bingen 115. Vgl. Eos 94, 2007, S. 128-130.
Print Illustrations Pl. 68
Subjects Brief (privat?); NN an NN; Einberufung ins Militär
Images http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-3960...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 44514 [source]

Publications P. Bingen 113 (Caldwell, Robert C. / Gagos, Traianos; 2000)
Inv. no. Ann Arbor, Michigan University, Library P. 5457 Vo
Reuse Type other text(s) on the same object: 445150
Date AD 272 Aug 29 - 273 Aug 28?
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim)[found & written]
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: michigan.apis.3960 [xml]

Title Private letter. The Emperor Aurelian and the Corrector Firmus in a private context
Author unknown (a legenionary?)
Summary Private letter. Neither the name of the sender nor that of the recipient has survived, but it is clear that the sender has been appointed as a legionary by Firmus, a corrector of Egypt. The sender seems to object to something connected with this appointment (ll. 4-50, possibly because he is being sent to Syria (ll. 5-7) at the time when the emperor Aurelian was there. After a few lines obscured by damage (9-13), the writer apparently reports that his military title has not been included yet in the registers of the legio secunda Traiana Fortis Aureliana. This legion in this period was stationed in Nikopolis, near Alexandria. Given the circumstances and since the papyrus comes from Karanis, it is tempting to speculate that the recipient (probably a parent or sibling) lived there. If the sender is the legionary mentioned in the letter, then perhaps he is writing from Nikopolis. Other possibilities, of course, cannot be excluded.
Citations Caldwell R - Gagos T, PBingen , 451-462, no 113, 2002, Pl. 68
P.Bingen:113
Inv. Id P.Mich. inv. 5457
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 6 x 13 cm
Condition The small light brown papyrus contains parts of twenty one lines written against the fibers (verso) on a recycled piece of papyrus. After l. 2 a left margin of approximately 1 cm is visible until line 21 of the extant text. No right margin survives. If the restoration of lines 2-4 is correct, then three to four letters are missing there. This gap becomes progressively bigger as the papyrus is broken off irregularly on the right side. Neither the beginning nor the end of the document has survived and it is not possible to determine how much is missing. The other side of the papyrus (recto) contains poor remains of what appears to be a tax-list written upside down in relation to the text on the verso.
Lines 21 lines
Recto/Verso Source of description: Verso
Hands The text is written in a rather small neat hand in a rather narrow column.
Origin Alexandria(?), province of Egypt
More from Alexandria(?), province of Egypt
Language Greek
Date (late) 272 - (early) 273 A.D.
More from the period between 272 CE and 273 CE
Note (general) Location: Ann Arbor
Note (general) Pub. status: Recto + Verso
Subjects Syria; Documentary; Papyrus
Associated Names Claudius Firmus, corrector; Aurelian, emperor
Images Verso thumbnail
Images Verso medium
Images Verso large
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.bingen.113 [xml]

AD 272/3? Karanis

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣ [  ̣]  ̣ατω ἐξεν[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣ ὁ κύριός μου ἐ̣π̣[ανορ-]
θωτὴς Φίρμος ἐποί[ησεν]
με λεγειωνάριον(*) κα[ὶ οὐ-]
5κ ἠθέλησα δια  ̣[ -4-5- ]
ἐπὶ(*) πέμποντ[  ̣  ̣ ἐπὶ]
Συρίας πρὸς τ[ὸ]ν̣ [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
Αὐρηλιανὸν χ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
χ̣ρόνον ποιου  ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
10ἐντυχοῦσιν [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
οὔπω συν[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
εἰς λεγειω̣[ναρίους](*)
τὸ ὄνομα(*) [  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
ν̣άριος λεγε̣[ιῶνος β]
15Τραϊανῆ[ς Ἰσχυρᾶς]
Αὐρηλιανῆ[ς   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
πό̣λει   ̣[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
[  ̣]μιν τι ε[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
θαι εἰς τὴ[ν   ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]
20μος ημ[- ca.12 -]
ως η   ̣[- ca.15 -]

Apparatus


^ 4. l. λεγιωνάριον, BL 12.36 : λεγειωνάριον prev. ed.
^ 6. l. ἐπεὶ
^ 12. l. λεγιω̣[ναρίους], BL 12.36 : λεγειω̣[ναρίους] prev. ed.
^ 13. corr. ex οναμα

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APIS Translation (English)

...my lord, the corrector Firmus, made me a legionary and I did not want to ... because (?) (they?) are being sent to Syria to ... Aurelian ... time; make [ ] ... to those petitioning (?) ... not yet ... in a legion (?) ... the rank (?) ...-narius of the legio secunda Traiana fortis Aureliana in ... polis ... (untranslated remains)