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P.231. Funerary inscriptions

Description: Rock-cut tomb.
Text: Inscribed on the façade which has been dressed to resemble masonry. a: Above the door. b: To the left of the door. c: To the right of the door. d: To the left of the door, below (b).
Letters: Probably first century CE: a: 0.10; lunate sigma, cursive omega, square sigma for digamma; the carefully cut ivy-leaf in line 2 masks a crack in the rock. b: 0.05 - 0.06; round omega; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν; square sigma for digamma; roughly cut. c: 0.05 - 0.06; lunate epsilon; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν; roughly cut. d: 0.07; lunate epsilon, lunate sigma, round omega; L for ἔτους; roughly cut.

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Quarry I.a.ii; first recorded in 1825.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

a
Αὔλου Καρτιλίου
( vac. 1) Κα ((leaf)) πίτωνοϲ
b
(ἔτους) ϛ´ Παχ̣[ὼ]ν ζ´ Καρ-
τιλία Μυρ̣-
[τ]ὼ (ἐτῶν) ιδ´
c
(ἔτους) ιβ´ Χοι[ὰ]κ̣ κζ´
Καρτιλ[ί]α Πε̣-
τρωνία
( vac. 1) [(ἐτῶν)] ο[.]´
d
(ἔτους) α̣´ [Π]αῦνι ε´
Ϲά̣ρα Καρτι-
λίου (ἐτῶν) ι´

Diplomatic

a
ΑΥΛΟΥΚΑΡΤΙΛΙΟΥ
  ΚΑ ❦ ΠΙΤΩΝΟϹ
b
L ϚΠΑ.[.]ΝΖΚΑΡ
ΤΙΛΙΑΜΥ.
[.]Ω L ΙΔ
c
L ΙΒΧΟΙ[.].ΚΖ
ΚΑΡΤΙΛ[.]ΑΠ.
ΤΡΩΝΙΑ
  []Ο[·]
d
L .[.]ΑΥΝΙΕ
Ϲ.ΡΑΚΑΡΤΙ
ΛΙΟΥ L Ι

Apparatus

b.1: LϚΠΑΛΥΣΕΑΡ Pacho, 1827; L [ε] Πα[υνὶ ε Κ]αρ- CIG, Vol.III; ]Ε ΠΑ[ ]Ν Ζ ΚΑΡ Kraeling, 1962 b.2: ΜΥ so Kraeling Pacho, 1827; Μυ[ρτ]- CIG, Vol.III c.1: LIBΧΟΙ ΛΚΕ Pacho, 1827; LΙΕ ΧΟΙ[Α]Κ Ζ Kraeling, 1962 c.2: ΠΕ : ΤϹ Pacho, 1827 d.1: .]Λ[. . ]ΡΥΝΙ Ε Kraeling, 1962 d.2: Ϲ[.]ΡΑ ΚΑΡΤΙ Kraeling, 1962

German translation

Translation source: Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983

(a): des Aulus Cartilius Capito. (b): (Jahr) 6, 7.Pachon, Cartilia Myrto, 14 (Jahre). (c): (Jahr) 12, 27.Choiak, Cartilia Petronia 70 (+?) (Jahre). (d): (Jahr) 1, 5.Paüni, Sara des Cartilius, 10 (Jahre)

English translation

Translation by: Editors

a) (scil. Tomb of) Aulos Kartilios Kapito.

b) Year 6, Pachon 7, Kartilia Myrto, aged 14.

c) Year 12, Choiak 27, Kartilia Petronia aged 70+.

d) Year 1, Pauni 5, Sara (scil. daughter) of Kartilios, aged 10.

Commentary

The name Sara (d) suggests a Jewish family.

Bibliography: a-c: Pacho, 1827 pl.LXXVIII (printed as LXXIX), with Letronne, p. 403, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5211, CIG, Vol.III, 5209, CIG, Vol.III, 5210; a-d: Kraeling, 1962, 48, 50, 49, 51; Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983, 31, whence (b-d) SEG 33.1462, PHI 324636, SEG 33.1463, PHI 324637 SEG 33.1464, PHI 324638; tomb described Kenrick, 2013, 99
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXXVIII, numbered LXXIX)

   Fig. 2. Façade, showing all texts (Reynolds, Tolmeita I (NB V). 2

   Fig. 3. Text c (Reynolds, Tolmeita I (NB V).91)

   Fig. 4. Text b and d (Reynolds, Tolmeita I (NB V).93)


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