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Application of Aurelius Pekysios to receive the grain dole TM 16605Oxyrhynchos14. Jan. 270

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An application by Aurelius Pekysios son of Sarapion, a registered citizen of Oxyrhynchus living in the Temiouthis quarter, to be admitted to the city's free grain distribution in place of a deceased recipient. It is dated 14 January 270 under Claudius II and endorsed by a former phylarch.

In English machine translation

[…] From Aurelius Pekysios (?), son of Sarapion, son of […], his mother being Theonis […], of the illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites. Being a metropolite and having passed the scrutiny (epikrisis) and being registered in the Temiouthis quarter in accordance with the scrutiny which I presented in the 11th year, and having been entered by the phylarch of our quarter, through the documents submitted by him, in the class […] by lot (?) […] […] and taking the place of […]ius Claudius […], who has died, I present myself so that I too may share in the gift of the grain dole. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Claudius Pius Felix Augustus, Tybi 19. I, Aurelius Pekysios son of Sarapion, have submitted this. I, Aurelius Amyntianus, former phylarch: he is the […] […]

The Oxyrhynchus grain dole (sitēresion) was distributed to a fixed number of qualified citizens; new recipients filled places left vacant by deaths. The phrase rendered 'by lot' (kata planēn) is damaged and uncertain.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Jan. 270 · Oxyrhynchos

[… ? lines lost …] παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Πεκυσίου Σαραπίωνος τοῦ […] μητρὸς Θεωνίδος …[…] ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶνπόλεως. μητροπολίτης ὢν καὶ ἐπικριθεὶς καὶ ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Τεμιούθεως ἀκολούθως ᾗ ἐπήνεγκα ἐπικρίσει τῷ ια ἔτει καὶ ταχθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τοῦ ἡμετέρου ἀμφόδου φυλάρχου…