IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.131. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 1.12 x h: 0.53 x d: 0.45). One of a group inscribed with P.127, P.128, P.129, P.130, P.131, P.132, P.133, P.134, P.135.
Text: Graffiti on one face; probably six hands.
Letters: 0.06-0.08; L for ἔτους; line 5, /, probably for a homonymous father

Date: First century BCE to second century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Street of the Monuments, re-used in late buildings; found in 1935/6.
Original location: ?A gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Lying loose in the street.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ιη̣´ Ἀ̣φη̣δ̣ο̣[---]
[---]τος ( vac. 1) (ἔτους) β̣´ [---]
( vac. 1) (ἔτους) β´ ( vac. 1) [---]
Βιε[...]α̣ρ̣ιος [---]
5[(ἔτους)] ιϛ´ Η̣Ι̣Π̣Α̣Ρ̣Ε̣Η̣[.](- - -) [Ἀπο]λλων̣[ί] ( vac. 3)δης

Diplomatic

L Ι..Φ...[---]
[---]ΤΟΣ   L .[---]
   L Β  [---]
ΒΙΕ[···]..ΙΟΣ[---]
5[]ΙϚ.......[·] / [...]ΛΛΩ.[.]      ΔΗΣ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 18, Aphedotos [ . . . -]tos

Year 2 [ . . . ]

Year 2 [ . . . ]Bi[ . . ]arios

[Year] 16 [ . . . Apo]llonides

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Left part (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I.11; NB V.12)

   Fig. 2. Right part (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I.15; NB V.15)