The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
An application by Pelops son of Pelops, an Alexandrian citizen who had himself been an ephebe under Vespasian, asking the exegetes and prytaneis of Alexandria to have his son Pelops examined and admitted to the Alexandrian ephebate in the 17th year of Trajan (AD 113/114). He notes that the boy's mother Sarapias, also a citizen, is away in the region south of Memphis.
The ephebate was the civic youth training institution whose membership confirmed Alexandrian citizen status; the examination for entry was called eiskrisis. The mention of the mother's absence may suggest that both parents were normally expected to present the boy in person.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application for the Alexandrian ephebate). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
An application by Pelops, son of Pelops, an Alexandrian resident in the chora, for the eiskrisis or examination of his son, who was also called Pelops, for admission to the Alexandrian ephebate.;The present text follows the pattern which we would expect from these parallels, with…
[…]… Μάρκωι Οὐλπίωι Ἡρκουλανῶι τῷ καὶ Ἡρακλείδηι ἱερεῖ ἐξηγητῇ καὶ τοῖς Καισαρείοις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις πρυτάνεσι παρὰ Πέλοπος τοῦ Πέλοπος Προπαπποσεβαστείου τοῦ καὶ Ζηνείου τῶν τὸ ὄγδοον ἔτος θεοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ ἐφηβευκότων. τοῦ γεγένωτος μοι ἐκ Σαραπίαδος τῆς … ειου ἀστῆς ἥ ἐστιν ἐν …
Spotted an error, a mis-mapped findspot, or have a suggestion? We read every note.