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p.oxy.40.2910coli
Applications to Receive the Dole via HGV-meta
Application to share in the grain dole after return from abroad. A fragment of an application from Oxyrhynchus by a man who had been away from home and, now that he has returned, registers himself and asks to receive a share of the public grain distribution decided by the city council, on the same terms as others of his status. machine translation
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TM 45223.
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- p.oxy.40.2910colii DDbDP-text text
- Applications to Receive the Dole HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos268
- Applications to Receive the Dole HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos268
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Greek
· Greek
Transcription
[… ? lines lost …]
ἐτύγχανον ἐν ἀποδημίᾳ ὤν.
νῦν γοῦν παραγενόμενος σημαίνω ἐμαυτὸν καὶ ἀξιῶ μετασχεῖν
τῆς τοῦ σίτου διαδόσεως
κατὰ τὰ δόξαντα τῇ κρατίστῃ
βουλῇ κατʼ ἴσον τῶν ὁμοι
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[…]
[I happened to be] abroad (?).
[Now therefore, having returned,] I register [myself and] ask to share
[in the distribution of grain]
[according to the decisions of the] most excellent
[council, equally with those of] like (status) […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 45223 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;40;2910coli tier-1
- HGV-Text 45223a tier-1
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