Application for admission to the grain dole in place of a deceased recipient TM 45209Oxyrhynchos

Fragment of an application to the grain dole at Oxyrhynchus, in which a man chosen by lot to fill a vacancy left by the death of Paulos son of Sokrates asks to be enrolled among the recipients. It is dated under the emperor Claudius II (AD 268-270), in the month Phaophi, and ends with a note by the official who checked his identity.

In English machine translation

The grain dole (sitêresion) was a free monthly distribution of grain to a limited number of registered citizens of Oxyrhynchus, with vacancies filled by lot. The phylarch was an official of the city's administrative tribe or quarter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Applications to Receive the Dole). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.