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P.299. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb, with P.299 and P.300.
Text: Inscribed on the façade within a gabled panel (w: 0.25 x h: 0.16) outlined in relief; to the left of P.300; the surface is in poor condition.
Letters: 0.02-0.03; cursive omega; L for ἔτους, forward-leaning L for ἐτῶν.

Date: First to third century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Quarry Hawan Gheti.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ε̣ι̣´ [---]
γ̣κ̣´ Ἀ̣λ̣δά-
μων Ἰάσ̣ον-
ος (ἐτῶν) λ´

Diplomatic

L ..[---]
....ΔΑ
ΜΩΝΙΑ.ΟΝ
ΟΣ L Λ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 15, [?month] 23 (?) Aldamon (scil. son) of Iason, aged 30.

Commentary

Line 2: a figure, probably 3 or 23, giving the day of the month, followed by the beginning of the dead man's name , for which see also P.79.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita II.41)

   Fig. 2. P.299 and P.300 (Reynolds, IV.39)