Description: Upper left corner of a sandstone
block
(w:
0.28 x h:
0.405 x d:
0.26).
Text:
Inscribed on the face of the block. Since the first letter in line 2 is sliced vertically, either the block was part of a
composite monument
or it has been cut down for re-use.
Letters: Perhaps first century CE; 0.13.
Date: Perhaps first century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
West Gate, lying loose nearby: found in 1966.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
The text may have contained names, but could also be imperial: ὑπὲρ νίκης … Αὐτοκράτορος, ? for the victory of the Emperor.
Bibliography: Excavated and identified by Goodchild, but not previously published.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).