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Applications to Receive the Dole via HGV-meta

Application to receive the corn dole in place of a deceased recipient. Application from an Oxyrhynchite man, Aurelius […]thos, to the secretary of the corn dole, asking to be enrolled as a recipient in place of a deceased beneficiary after being chosen by lot. He states that he is registered in the Dromos of the Gymnasium quarter and has reached the age of twenty. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 269. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

Αὐρηλίῳ Πλουτίωνι γραμματεῖ σιτηρεσίου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου[…] θου τοῦ καὶ …[…] τοῦ καὶ Ποταμ[…] ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Δρόμου Γυμνασίου ἐπικριθεὶς καὶ γενόμενος εἰκοσαετὴς πρὸς τὸ ἐνεστὸς β ἔτος εἰσάγω ἐμαυτὸνἐκ κλήρου λαχὼν ἀντὶ Ἱερα[…] ου […] τετελευτηκότος καὶ ἀξιῶ ἀναλημφθῆναι πρὸς τὸ μετασχεῖν τῆς τοῦ σιτηρεσίου δωρεᾶς[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
To Aurelius Pl[ution, secretary of the corn dole], from Aurelius […]thos also called …[…] also called Potam[…], registered [in the quarter of the Dromos] of the Gymnasium, [having been scrutinized and having become] twenty years old [for the present 2nd year]. I present myself, [having been chosen by lot] in place of Hiera[…], son of […], who has died, [and I ask] to be admitted [to share in] the gift [of the corn dole] […] […]

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