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P.226. Fragmentary funerary inscription

Description: Sandstone block, partly buried (w: 0.40 x h: 0.70)
Text: Inscribed on one face which is badly worn and chipped
Letters: 0.07

Date: First - third century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: West Necropolis, south of the Tolmeita/Tocra road, beside a small Wadi near Quarry II, amidst the ruins of a sizeable mausoleum; found in 1968.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---] Χ̣ο̣ά-
χ ε´ Λ̣Λ̣[..]Ε
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
Ξεν̣ο̣ [...]ΜΑ
5ΩΠ [...]Τ̣ΕΔ
Ξ[---]
ΛΕ[---]
[------]

Diplomatic

[---]..Α
ΧΕ..[··]Ε
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
ΞΕ..[···]ΜΑ
5ΩΠ[···].ΕΔ
Ξ[---]
ΛΕ[---]
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

On the 5th of the month Choiak [ . . .

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. View (1969, Joyce Reynolds)