p.oxy.40.2910coli
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 45223
Application to share in the grain dole after return from abroad TM 45223Oxyrhynchos
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A fragment of an application from Oxyrhynchus by a man who had been away from home and, now that he has returned, registers himself and asks to receive a share of the public grain distribution decided by the city council, on the same terms as others of his status.
In English machine translation
[…]
[I happened to be] abroad (?).
[Now therefore, having returned,] I register [myself and] ask to share
[in the distribution of grain]
[according to the decisions of the] most excellent
[council, equally with those of] like (status) […]
[…]
Most of the wording is restored by the editor from parallel grain-dole applications from Oxyrhynchus. The grain dole (sitêresion) was a monthly free grain distribution to registered citizens in the later 3rd century AD.</br>
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.
p.oxy.40.2910colii
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