Description: Three limestone
blocks probably from the same monumental inscription.
Text: Inscribed on the exposed faces.
Letters: a not measurable; b and c, 0.20-0.22.
Date: CE 172-180
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Late Baths, a. re-used in the parapet of the plunge bath in the Frigidarium (room 6),
b. and c. re-used in the east interior wall of the vaulted reservoir (room 5); found in 1957.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
[For the eternal] conservation [?of the Emperors and Caesars Marcus Aurelius Antonin]us and Lu[cius Aurelius Commodus, Ger]manici [ . . .
Commentary
Probably from a dedication on behalf of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, Germanici from 172.
Bibliography: Blocks b. and c. only: Kraeling, 1962, 23, 24
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. View of block a. (1961-05-26, Joyce Reynolds)
Fig. 2. Text b and c only(1958, Kraeling, The Oriental institute - Chicago 49578)