Description:
Limestone
block (w:
0.45 x h:
0.33, depth not measurable)
Text: Painted in red on a plaster coating on the exposed face.
Letters: Fourth-fifth century; 0.035; lunate epsilon and sigma, cursive omega; carefully written
Date: Fourth-fifth century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Street of the Monuments north side, reused in a late wall; found in 1962
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] the distinguished governor (i.e. clarissimus praeses)
Commentary
The text probably indicates building activity by a fourth or fifth century governor.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I.56)