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Application for epikrisis into the gymnasium class TM 15746Oxyrhynchos148 - 149

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Beginning of an application for scrutiny (epikrisis) submitted by Pnepheros son of Heras of Oxyrhynchus, concerning admission of a boy to the privileged gymnasium class. Only the opening lines survive; it dates to AD 148-149.

In English machine translation

116 From Pnepheros son of Heras son of Pnepheros, his mother being Thatres, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. In accordance with the orders concerning the scrutiny (epikrisis) of those entering the class of those from the gymnasium, whether they are of […] […]

Epikrisis was an official scrutiny of status; here it verified hereditary membership of the gymnasial order. The number 116 at the top is probably a sheet number from a glued roll of such applications.

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.

p.oxy.46.3280

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 148 - 149 · Oxyrhynchos

ριϛ παρὰ Πνεφερῶτος Ἡρᾶτος τοῦ Πνεφερῶτος μητρὸς Θατρῆτος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα περὶ ἐπικρίσεως τῶν προσβαινόντων εἰς τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ γυμνασίου εἴ εἰσι τοῦ [… ? lines lost …]