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Will of Safinnius Herminus, soldier of the Alexandrian fleet TM 69750Alexandria7. Okt. 157

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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.

In English machine translation

[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 […]

'Tutela Tauro' refers to the ship Taurus on which the sailor served, named after its protective emblem. The Greek addendum names Aurelii, which suggests it is later than the will itself, so its connection is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Testament eines Flottensoldaten). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

[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 A…