Description: Roughly square piece of marble, the edges shaved off (w:
0.095 x h:
0.08 x d:
0.08).
Text: Inscribed on two faces.
Letters: i. possibly first century BCE - first century CE: 0.025, quite well cut, horizontal bar above the numeral; ii. 0.04 and 0.02,
lightly scratched, ΧΙ in ligature.
Date: i, possibly first century BCE - first century CE; ii, No indication
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
original findspot unrecorded;
found in 1941.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i) 2 minae
(ii) (Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
i: Clearly a weight.
ii: Perhaps Latin numerals.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face i (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I.59)
Fig. 2. Face ii (1961-5-26, Joyce Reynolds, III.9)