Fragment of an application for payment of an athlete's pension TM 22965Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)Jan. - Febr. 268

Fragment of an application, probably by a victorious athlete or his representative, to the city of Hermopolis for payment of his pension, reckoned at 200 drachmas a month and totalling 5,000 silver drachmas for a period from Hathyr of year 13 into year 14 of Gallienus. It is dated in Mecheir of year 14, i.e. January-February 268.

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The monthly rate of 200 drachmas and the figure 5,000 rest largely on restoration. Such pensions (opsonia) were paid by cities to victors in sacred games, with claims addressed to the city council.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment d'une demande de versement de pension d'athlète). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.