Application to be added to the grain dole list TM 45213OxyrhynchosIII

Fragment of an application from a man of Oxyrhynchus whose name was left off, apparently through ignorance, in the lists of recipients of the grain dole submitted by the phylarch of the Metroon quarter. Citing a council decision allowing claims within three months, he asks the authorities to order the phylarch to add his name so that he can receive the grain distribution. It dates to the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

The phylarch was the official responsible for a city quarter (amphodon); the dole (siteresion) was a monthly free grain distribution to registered citizens of Oxyrhynchus in the later 3rd century. The petitioner also mentions having performed a liturgy, a compulsory public service, in that quarter.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application 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.