Application by a sacred victor for payment of his athlete's pension TM 22971Hermopolis (Hermopolites, Ägypten)

Fragment of an application to the city council of Hermopolis by Aurelius Hermeinos, a sacred victor, acting through a representative connected with the heirs of Dioskoros also called Isidoros. He asks that the allowances owed to him for victories in sacred international games be paid from the city treasury.

In English machine translation

Victors in 'eiselastic' games (so called from their triumphal entry into their home city) were entitled to a pension (opsonia) paid by their city. Much of the request is restored on the model of similar applications.

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.