Hunt's Pridianum: British Museum Papyrus 2851
| Autor: | Robert O. Fink |
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| Rok vydání: | 1958 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Roman Studies. 48:102-116 |
| ISSN: | 1753-528X 0075-4358 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/298218 |
| Popis: | So far as the author knows, no other recension of this much-quoted text has appeared since the original publication by Hunt, reprinted with only slight changes by the New Palaeographical Society. Yet it is a document of the highest importance both palaeo graphically and historically. As some sort of pridianum, that is, an annual report of a military unit's condition in respect to personnel, it is valuable for Roman military organization. It is unique in being the report of a unit stationed in Lower Moesia; and its value is further enhanced by its date early in Trajan's reign, during his preparations for his first Dacian war. The papyrus is therefore worthy of every effort to establish an accurate text, the more because Hunt himself conscientiously emphasized the provisional nature of his own transcription. The present paper, then, though unsolved difficulties still remain, is intended to make available the numerous improvements in reading and interpretation which result from a new study of the original which the author was able to undertake in the winter of 1956–1957. |
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