Document Concerning the Education of Orphans
End of a document, perhaps part of a forensic plea on the guardianship of orphans
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Document concerning the education of orphans under guardianship TM 12027Karanis (Arsinoites, Ägypten)181/182 A.D.
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The end of a document concerning the education of orphans, arguing that the better-off should receive an education and those of modest means should learn trades, for their own good and that of their cities. It is dated to year 22 of Commodus (AD 181/182) and comes from Karanis, with a subscription by one Asklepiades mentioning guardianship.
In English machine translation
[…] so that these also, in the prime of their age […]
which is both necessary for the orphans themselves […]
useful to their home cities, this above all […]
[…] to receive education as far as […]
and those of more modest means to learn some trades […]
lack of education would disgrace the […]
[…] to the poor […] the less well-off ⟦but⟧ […]
Year 22 of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus […]
Asklepiades son of Petecho(?) […]
[…] I did lawfully […]
remaining […] guardianship […]
The document may be part of a forensic plea or legal statement concerning the guardianship of orphans. Only the right-hand ends of lines are lost, but the losses leave each sentence incomplete.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Document Concerning the Education of Orphans). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.9.532
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