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P.173. Fragmentary names

Description: Limestone block (w: 0.70 x h: 0.40 x depth not measurable).
Text: Inscribed with deep clear trenches on one face which is damaged at both lower corners.
Letters: line 1, 0.15; line 2; 0.13

Date: Probably second century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Late Baths, cut down and re-used in the west wall; found in 1957
Original location: unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---] | Κλωδιο[---]
[---] | [..]ενιος [---]

Diplomatic

[---] | ΚΛΩΔΙΟ[---]
[---] | [··]ΕΝΙΟΣ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . ] Klodios (i.e. Clodius) [ . . . -]enios [ . . .

Commentary

The size and quality of the lettering suggest a formal text.

Bibliography: Kraeling, 1962, 21.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. View (1958, Kraeling, The Oriental Institute - Chicago, 49575)