Gladiator memorial
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second to third centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 122 and fig.27a, whence [...] 1915.107, whence [...], 67; [...], 140 f. and pl. IX; mentioned [...], 104.

Ἑρμῆϲ

Ἑρμῆϲ ὁ πρὶν Φίλων

[a] Hermes

[b] Hermes, who was formerly Philon

Approximately a pair with P.216. Re-used as the cover of a late tomb.

The palm branches indicates nine victories - the same number as Hippomedon in P.216

On double names for gladiators see Robert, Gladiateurs, p. 297. Neither the original name here nor the “stage-name” (which recurs among gladiators, Robert p.109) are at all innovative.