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[… ? lines lost …] Πουπλίου Λικιννίου Γαλλιηνοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Περσικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ […] Μᾶρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀπολλ-[…] παγκρατιαστὴς ἱερονίκης αἰτοῦμαι ὡς πρόκειται
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End of a victorious pancratiast's request for his athlete's pension TM 22970Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)266 - 268
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End of an application by Marcus Aurelius Apoll[…], a pancratiast who had won at sacred games, written in the reign of the emperor Gallienus. It appears to be a request for payment of the pension owed to victorious athletes. It comes from Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
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[…] of Publius Licinius Gallienus Germanicus Maximus, Persicus Maximus, Pius Felix Augustus […]
I, Marcus Aurelius Apol[l…] […], victorious pancratiast in the sacred games, make the request as stated above.
A hieronikes was a victor in the 'sacred' games, a status that entitled him to a pension from his city. The pancratium was a combat sport combining boxing and wrestling.
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.