Application for epikrisis of sons by divorced parents TM 9907Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

Fragment of an application for epikrisis (status examination) submitted at Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome by a man also called Dioskoros and his divorced wife Demetria, acting with her full brother as guardian. They seek the examination of their sons, including Didymas, who are 13 years old in the current year of Antoninus, and begin to set out proofs of their status as katoikoi, citing the father's registration in year 16 of Hadrian.

In English machine translation

Epikrisis was the official examination confirming a youth's privileged status, here that of katoikoi (descendants of military settlers), usually at age 13 or 14. The age 13 is partly restored.

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