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P.164. Fragment

Description: Fragment of limestone (w: 0.21 x h: 0.17 x d: 0.08).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Perhaps first century CE: 0.085.

Date: Perhaps first century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Street of the Monuments, eastern stretch; found in 1960.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum.

Interpretive

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[---]ITA[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]ITA[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

Probably Latin - perhaps from the ethnic Ptolemaitae. The lettering suggests a formal text.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds XII.72)

   Fig. 2. P.162 and P.164