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P.352. Ephebic honours

Description: Limestone stele broken at the left side (w: 0.24 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.10).
Text: Inscribed on one face within a crudely incised wreath with taenia
Letters: Line 1, 0.045:lines 2, 3, 0.025; line 4, 0.02; lines 5, 6, 0.015. A caduceus at the end of line 1 and a leaf at the end of line 4.

Date: First century BCE to second century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: original findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ια´ ((caduceus))
Πεντίας
[Ἀ]γαθοκλέους
[( vac. 3)?] φίλος Γ(άιον)((leaf))
5Πάκκιον [Π]αιλι-
γνὁ[ν]

Diplomatic

L ΙΑ caduceus
ΠΕΝΤΙΑΣ
[.]ΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ
[...]ΦΙΛΟΣΓ
5ΠΑΚΚΙΟΝ[.]ΑΙΛΙ
ΓΝΟ[.]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 11, Pentias, (scil. son) of Agathokles, (scil. his) friend (scil. honoured?) Gaios Pakkios Paelignos (i.e. Gaius Paccius Paelignus).

Arabic translation

Translation by: Muna Abdelhamed

السنة 11، بنتياس، (بن) أغاثوكليس ، (صديقه) صديق، (كرم) غايوس باكيوس باليغنوس.

Commentary

The reference to a friend makes it clear that the text is ephebic (see further on P.9, P.35).

Line 4-5: For the name cf. a governor of Crete and Cyrene, probably in the first century, L. Laecanius Bassus Paccius Paelignus, PIR2 L 0034, and Thomassen, Laterculi 38.0063.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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