Description:
Limestone
block (w:
2.25 x h:
0.43 x d:
0.67).
Text: Inscribed on one face, which is badly damaged.
Letters: First century CE: 0.24.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Street of the Monuments, south side;
found in 1935/36.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Unknown
English translation
Translation by: Editors
[---] father of the country, consul [---]
Commentary
The stone was re-used as an uninscribed block in the entablature carrying P.148.
From an imperial title; the order of the items confirms the first century date suggested by the letter-forms. In fact by the second century pater patriae was regularly placed last in the list.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).