Application for enrolment in the grain dole TM 45232Oxyrhynchos

Fragment of an application from Oxyrhynchus by a man asking an official to enrol him among the recipients of the city's grain dole. He states that he has obtained a copy of supporting evidence from the local record office and submits it as proof of eligibility.

In English machine translation

The sitēresion was the free grain distribution to privileged citizens of Oxyrhynchus in the later 3rd century AD. The 'local record office' renders the bibliothēkē (archive) where the applicant's proof was kept.

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.