Petition(?) of a Soldier or Veteran
Fragment of a Latin document, perhaps a petition, which concerns one or several soldier(s) or veteran(s) who entered military service in 114 A.D.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 78525
Fragment concerning soldiers' enlistment, perhaps a petition TM 78525UnknownIInd century A.D.
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A small fragment of a Latin document, perhaps a petition, concerning one or more soldiers or veterans who entered military service in the consulship of Ninnius Hasta and Manilius Vopiscus (AD 114). It mentions a date of 30 December and possibly an infantryman, but the rest is too damaged to follow.
In English machine translation
[…] (they) began to serve as soldiers in the consulship of Ninnius Hasta and [Manilius Vopiscus]
[…]illianus, infantryman (?), […] on the 3rd day before the Kalends of January […]
[…] … and … I am oppressed (?) […]
[…] … than (?) […]
[…] and they did (it) in order […]
The consuls Ninnius Hasta and Manilius Vopiscus held office in AD 114, giving the year of enlistment. The identification as a petition is tentative; 'premor' (I am oppressed) 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 Petition(?) of a Soldier or Veteran). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
chla.5.286
unt militare coeperunt Ninnio Hasta et Manilio Vopisco consulibus …illiano pedite … ante diem iii Kalendas Ianuarias[…] …ui…po… et al…n…i…premor amp[…] … ad…s… quam mer…[…] … adque ordine fecerunt[…]