Description: Lower left corner of a marble
panel
(w:
0.14 x h:
0.15 x d:
0.01)
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second to third century CE; 0.015; lunate epsilon and sigma; horizontal bar above abbreviated praenomina
Date: Second to third centuries CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Major Cardo; found in 1959
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] G(aios) Ioulios (i.e. G(aius) Julius) [ . . . ] Sarapion [ . . . ] M(arkos) Ateilios (i.e. M(arcus) Atilius) [ . . . ] Ioulios (i.e. Julius) [ . . .
Commentary
A list of names, presumably of priests, civil officials or ephebes; the layout suggests priests or civil officials. It is not possible to determine the cases of the names; the indented second lines might contain patronymics.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. View (1961-05-26, Joyce Reynolds, III.7)