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P.162. Fragmentary ?ephebic text

Description: Sandstone fragment (w: 0.165 x h: 0.155 x d: 0.09).
Text: Graffito on one face; two hands.
Letters: 0.05.

Date: First century BCE to first century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Street of the Monuments, re-used in late walls; found in 1960.
Original location: Probably deriving from the Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum.

Interpretive

i
[---]Ω [---]
ii

[---]ΕΝΩ [---]

Diplomatic

i
[---]Ω[---]
ii

[---]ΕΝΩ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Probably from two names, neither complete)

Commentary

For fragments of ephebic texts, scattered throughout the site, see on P.35.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. P.162 and P.164