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P.163. Fragmentary ?ephebic names

Description: Sandstone fragment (w: 0.30 x h: 0.185 x d: 0.18).
Text: Graffito on one face; three hands.
Letters: i, 0.075; 0.065.

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 a Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum.

Interpretive

i
[---]
ii
[---]τος
iii
ΛΥΤ [---]

Diplomatic

i
[---]
ii
[---]ΤΟΣ
iii
ΛΥΤ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Probably from names)

Commentary

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

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, IV.9)

   Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds XII.61)