Description: Fragment, probably from the bottom of a marble panel
(w:
0.18 x h:
0.16 x d:
0.02).
Text: inscribed on one face within an area defined by an incised line
(w:
0.12 x h:
0.16).
Letters: 0.015; an incised palm branch concludes the text.
Date: First - third century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
original findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum
Apparatus
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . .x and ] Beibianos (i.e. Vivianus) Nikephoros, friends.
Commentary
The reference to friends suggests an ephebic text: see on P.9, and the very similar P.90. The palm may be a reference to victory in ephebic contests; see on P.167.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Tolmeita II.27)