An application by Theon son of Theon of Oxyrhynchus for the scrutiny (epikrisis) of his 13-year-old son Pausiris for admission to the gymnasial class. He traces the family's gymnasial status back through earlier scrutinies under Vespasian and Domitian to a list of the 34th year of Augustus. Written at Oxyrhynchus around AD 148-149.
In English machine translation
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From Theon son of Theon, grandson of Theon, his mother being Diogenous daughter of Dionysios, from the city of Oxyrhynchus.
In accordance with the orders concerning the scrutiny of those coming of age to join the members of the gymnasium, to determine whether they are of this class, my son Pausiris, whose mother is Thaesis daughter of Didymos, registered in the quarter of the Cavalry Camp, became 13 years old in the past 11th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord. Therefore, presenting myself for his scrutiny, I declare that, according to the scrutiny held in the 5th year of the deified Vespasian by Soutorios Sosibios, former strategos, and Nikandros, former royal scribe, and the others whom it concerned, my grandfather Theon son of Ammonios was scrutinized in the quarter of Pammenes' Garden, in accordance with the proofs he submitted that his grandfather Theon son of Ammonios is in the list of the 34th year of the deified Caesar; and that my father Theon, on coming of age, was scrutinized in the 11th year of Domitian on the basis of the aforementioned proofs, in the same quarter; and that I, on coming of age, was entered in the registers of the gymnasium in the same quarter of Pammenes' Garden; and that the great-grandfather of my son's mother […]
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Epikrisis was an official scrutiny of status; the 'gymnasial class' was a privileged hereditary group whose members had to prove descent from those registered in the list of 4/5 AD. The number 120 at the top is probably a filing number.
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.