Two copies of an application by a 58-year-old resident of the Gymnasium Street quarter of Oxyrhynchus asking to be enrolled among those receiving maintenance, apparently members of the city's council of elders (gerusia). He cites his earlier census scrutiny of AD 215/6, appends an extract from the public records, and swears an oath by Severus Alexander; written in Choiak of year 5 (late AD 225).
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[…] most illustrious. Having already reached, as of the present year 5, the age of 58 years, and having, according to the rules approved by the most worthy Petronianus, the age of those who are maintained, I declare that I am registered in the quarter of the Gymnasium Street and that I was confirmed by scrutiny in the house-by-house census of the 24th year of the deified Severus Antoninus in the same quarter as 48 years old; of which scrutiny I have obtained the relevant part from the public record office of the locality and appended it below, and I ask to be enrolled among those who are to be maintained. And I swear by the fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord that I am of the aforesaid 58 years and have made no false statement.
Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Choiak.
Extract from the public record office, from the plain-district scrutiny [of the 24th year] of the deified Severus […]
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[…] already, as of the present [year 5], the age of 58 years, and having, according to the rules approved by the most worthy Petronianus, the age of those who are maintained, I declare that I am registered in the quarter of the Gymnasium Street and that I was confirmed by scrutiny in the house-by-house census of the 24th year of the deified Severus Antoninus in the same quarter as 48 years old; of which scrutiny I have obtained the relevant part from the public record office of the locality and appended it below, and I ask to be enrolled among those who are to be maintained. And I swear by the fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord that I am of the aforesaid 58 years and have made no false statement.
Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Choiak.
Extract from the public record office, from the plain-district scrutiny of the 24th year of the deified Severus Antoninus for the house-by-house census, quarter of the Gymnasium Street, of the class […]
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"Those who are maintained" refers to elders entitled to public support, linked to the gerusia under rules set by the official Petronianus. The 'plain-district' (pediakos) scrutiny refers to a record series of the census administration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to Join the Gerusia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.