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Application for epikrisis into the gymnasial class by Sarapion son of Harpokration TM 15748Oxyrhynchos148 - 149

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An application for epikrisis (status scrutiny) submitted by Sarapion son of Harpokration of Oxyrhynchus, who claims membership of the gymnasial class through both parents. He traces his descent, citing his grandfather's scrutiny under Vespasian; the text breaks off. It dates to AD 148-149.

In English machine translation

[119] […] From Sarapion son of Harpokration, grandson of Sarapion, his mother being Demetria also called Asklatarion, daughter of Herakleides, from Oxyrhynchus city. In accordance with the orders concerning the scrutiny of those reaching the age of 13 years, whether they are from both parents of the class of the gymnasium, I was registered in the Dekate quarter, having reached the age of 13 years in year 12 of the deified Hadrian. Therefore, presenting myself for my own scrutiny, I declare that my grandfather Sarapion son of Harpokration was scrutinized in the scrutiny held in year 5 of the deified Vespasian by Soutorios Sosibios, former strategos, and Nikandros, former royal scribe […] [… lines lost …]

Epikrisis was the scrutiny of hereditary status that admitted boys to privileged groups such as the gymnasial class. The opening number 119 is probably a sheet or filing number in a 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.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.46.3282

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

ριθ[…] παρὰ Σαραπίωνος Ἁρποκρατίωνος τοῦ Σαραπίωνος μητρὸς Δημητρίας τῆς καὶ Ἀσκλαταρίου Ἡρακλείδου ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα περὶ ἐπικρίσεως τῶν προσβαινόντων εἰς τρεισκαιδεκαετεῖς εἰ ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων γονέων εἰσὶ τάγματος ἀπὸ γυμνασίου ἐτάγην ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Δεκάτης προσ…