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Proof of Burial Benefit with a Synod of Soldiers (78 BCE) Unknown - Unknown


Unknown (Unknown, Egypt), 78 BCE (August 22), or, less likely, 49 BCE (August 14) or 27 BCE (August 9)
GRA III 287 = PRyl IV 580 = Papyri.info TM 5299 = AGRW ID# 31563
Copenhagen Inventory info: 671


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Papyrus (8.5 × 21.4 cm) now in the John Rylands University Library in Manchester.

Proof of a burial benefit, year 3 on the 15th of Mesore: Herakleides . . . drachmas. 100, making 100 drachmas for . . . the proof . . . of the 26th division and . . . .  (second hand) Year 3 on the 15th of Mesore: I, Herakleides . . . have left the burial amount (taphikon) that belongs to me in the synod (synodos) of soldiers (systratiōtai), whose president (prostatēs) is Epiphanes son of . . .  This is valued at 100 silver drachmas, to whoever bears this proof . . . (third hand) Epiphanes, the president. I, Apion the secretary, have confirmed this.

Translation by: Mark Mueller (with modifications)



σύμβολ(ον) ταφικ(οῦ) (ἔτους) γ Μεσορὴ ιε Ἡρακλεί̣[δης - ca.9 - δραχμὰς] | ἑκατόν, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ρ τῶι τὸ σύμβολον ̣[ -ca.?- ] | τυχίας κϛ σημεί(ου) δὲ κα | vac. ? | (hand 2) ἔτους γ Μεσορὴ ιε Ἡρ[ακλείδης -ca.?- ] || καταλείπω τὸ γινόμενο̣[ν μοὶ ταφικὸν -ca.?- ] | συνόδου τῶν συστρατιωτ̣[ῶν -ca.?- ] | ἧς προστάτης Ἐπιφανὴς Η̣[ -ca.?- ] | ὃ ἐστὶν ἀργυρίου (δραχμαὶ) ἑ[κατὸν -ca.?- ] | σύμβολον ἐπιφεροντ̣[ -ca.?- ] || (hand 3) Ἐπ̣ιφ̣α̣νὴς π̣ρο̣σ̣τ̣[άτης -ca.?- ] | Ἀπίων γραμματεὺς ἐπηκολ̣ού̣θ̣[ησα -ca.?- ].

Item added: July 17, 2020
Item modified: July 17, 2020
ID number: 31563
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