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Application for admission of a son to the ephebate TM 21120Hermopolis63

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Application by Anoubion, himself an ephebe of year 12 of Tiberius, to Herakleios, exegetes of the Hermopolite nome, asking that his son, now of age, be registered among the youths admitted to the ephebate in year 10 of Nero. It was written at Hermopolis in AD 63.

In English machine translation

[Of the East Quarter (?)] To Herakleios, [exegetes of the] Hermopolite [nome], from Anoubion, [son of Dioskoros], of the gymnasium class, of those who became ephebes in [year 12 of Tiberius Caesar Augustus]. My son [Dioskoros, whose mother is] Antigone, [daughter of Horion, of the gymnasium class], being of the age [for admission among the ephebes], I request that you instruct [...] the secretary of the gymnasium to [register him with a description among those] being admitted [as ephebes in year 10 of Nero Claudius] Caesar [Augustus Germanicus Imperator] [...]

Eiskrisis was the formal admission of youths of the privileged gymnasium class into the ephebate. Much of the text, including the names of the father and son, is restored by the editor.

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.

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p.heid.4.342

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 63 · Hermopolis

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