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P.362. ?Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.28 x h: 0.24 x d: 0.08).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.03-0.04

Date: First century BCE to second century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: original findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Probably a gymnasium
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

[---] συμφίλω[ν ---]
[---] Ἔρως [---]
[---] Ἀριστίον[ος ---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΣΥΜΦΙΛΩ[.---]
[---]ΕΡΩΣ[---]
[---]ΑΡΙΣΤΙΟΝ[..---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . ] of ?comrades [ . . . ] Eros [ . . . ] of Aristion [ . . .

Commentary

Line 1: if this is a noun, it is very rare: possibly an ephebic term.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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