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Testament eines Flottensoldaten via HGV-meta
Will of Safinnius Herminus, soldier of the Alexandrian fleet. Fragments of a Latin will made by Safinnius Herminus, a soldier of the Roman imperial fleet at Alexandria, who asks to be buried and sets 200 denarii for his funeral. It was drawn up at Alexandria on 7 October 157 AD; a Greek addendum lists names of men, apparently witnesses or persons connected with the document. machine translation
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- Testament eines Flottensoldaten HGV-meta Alexandria7. Okt. 157
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Latin
· Latin
Transcription
[FrA]
classis Alexandrinae
igna…i
ἐξ ταύρου πτο…κλιος
[… 2 lines lost …]
[FrB1]
[… 1 line lost …]
… ιι καλενδας …
… χχιχ … ιυλιας
[… 1 line lost …]
[FrB2]
contentus heredi meo …ss….
sepeliri me volo et in corpus meum
consumi denaria Augusta ducenta sh dolus malus abesto.
factum Alexandreae ad Aegyptum Nonis Octobribus Barbaro et
Regulo consulibus anno XXI Imperatoris Caesaris Titi
Aeli Hadriani Antonini Augusti Pii
mense Phaophi die X.
[FrC]
Safinnius Herminus
miles classis Augustae Alexandrinae
tutela Tauro.
[pg212,addendum]
…ρ…ος …απίων
θ………εωτ
……
Αὐρήλιος Ἱέραξ Πτολεμαίου οἰκῶν
ἐγγὺς οἰκίας Θέωνος,
ἀδελφοῦ Ἱππαλᾶ
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπίων ……
…………
Αὐρήλιος Μέγας Πακύσιος οἰκῶν καὶ
ἐπιγραφου…ρ[…]…
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπάμμων Ἀθηνοδώρου υἱὸς Ἡρωδιανοῦ
Αὐρήλιος Νεωκόρος …μοθίωνος ……
Αὐρήλιος Σαραπ……
γημωνος …Translations (1)
[Fragment A]
of the Alexandrian fleet
[…]
from the Taurus (?) [...]
[… 2 lines lost …]
[Fragment B1]
[… 1 line lost …]
[…] Kalends […]
[…] July (?)
[… 1 line lost …]
[Fragment B2]
content [...] to my heir […]
I wish to be buried, and on my body (funeral)
200 Augustan denarii to be spent. Let fraud be absent.
Done at Alexandria by Egypt on the Nones of October, in the consulship of Barbarus and
Regulus, in year 21 of Imperator Caesar Titus
Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius,
month Phaophi, day 10.
[Fragment C]
Safinnius Herminus,
soldier of the Augustan Alexandrian fleet,
under the protection of (the ship) Taurus.
[Addendum]
[…] […]apion
[…]
[…]
Aurelius Hierax son of Ptolemaios, living
near the house of Theon,
brother of Hippalas
Aurelius Sarapion […]
[…]
Aurelius Megas son of Pakysis, living and
[…]
Aurelius Sarapammon son of Athenodoros, son of Herodianos
Aurelius Neokoros son of […]mothion […]
Aurelius Sarap[…]
[…]gemon […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 69750 primary
- DDbDP-Text bgu;7;1695 tier-1
- HGV-Text 69750 tier-1
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