p.heid.4.341
Ἡρακλήῳ ἐξηγητῇ Ἑρμοπολίτου παρὰ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ[…] ἀπὸ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῶν ἀπὸ γυμνασίου τῶν τὸ ϛ ἔτος Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ ἐφηβευκότων. τὸν υἱόν μου[…] μητρὸς Θαει[…]τῆς[…] […]ει…υ[…] ἀξιῶ συντάξαι[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21119
Application for admission of a son to the gymnasium (eiskrisis) TM 21119Hermopolis
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Fragmentary application from Hermopolis by Ptolemaios, a former ephebe of the gymnasium class of Tiberius' 6th year, to the exegetes Herakleios. He apparently asks that his son be admitted (eiskrisis) to the ephebate or gymnasium class.
In English machine translation
To Herakleios, exegetes of the Hermopolite nome,
from Ptolemaios son of […], from Hermopolis, one of those from the gymnasium who were ephebes in the 6th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus. My son […], whose mother is Thaei[…] daughter of […]
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Eiskrisis was the formal enrolment of boys into the privileged gymnasium class. The father's ephebate in Tiberius' 6th year (AD 19/20) gives a rough indication of date, probably mid-1st century AD.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Antrag auf Eiskrisis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.