Description:
Rock-cut tomb;
the façade has been elaborately treated to imitate masonry
Text: Inscribed on the façade to the right of the door;
i. within a tabella ansata
(w:
0.605 x h:
0.395) whose surface is badly damaged in the upper half; ii. below i within a rectangular area (w:
0.29 x h:
0.395)
Letters: i. second to third centuries; lunate epsilon, sigma and omega; ii. possibly first century CE, line 1, 0.09; ii. line 2, 0.07;
lunate sigma.
Date: i: Second to third centuries CE;ii: Possibly first century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Quarry I.b.i south wall; first recorded in 1968.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
i. . . . ] built the tomb for himself and his family.
(scil. Tomb of) K(ointos) Olossios Chresimos
Commentary
ii. A nomen of Etruscan origin (cf. Volusius) which, in various forms and with its derivatives ( eg. Ὀλοσσιανός), is attested in several Eastern contexts see W.Schulze, Zur Geschichte Lateinischer Eigennamen, p.104.
Bibliography: Not previously published.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).