Application for scrutiny of a son for gymnasium membership TM 15743Oxyrhynchos148 - 149

Application by a father from the Upper Camp quarter of Oxyrhynchus for the epikrisis (status scrutiny) of his son, who had turned 13, for admission to the gymnasium class. He cites an earlier scrutiny held in the 5th year of Vespasian. Dated to the 12th year of Antoninus Pius (AD 148-149).

In English machine translation

Epikrisis was the official examination confirming a boy's hereditary privileged status; much of the formula is restored from parallel documents, and the father's and son's names are lost.

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