Description:
Rock-cut tomb, inscribed on the façade with
P.303 and P.304.
Text: Inscribed beside the door, within a sunk round-headed panel (w:
0.42 x h:
0.74)
Letters: 0.06; lunate epsilon, square sigma, cursive omega
Date: First to third century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Quarry Hawan Gheti, north-east corner.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Melanias (scil. son) of Zosimos, aged 49, Choiak 5, year 6
Commentary
No comment (2020).
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita II. 45)