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P.51. Fragmentary ?decree

Description: Fragment from a marble stele (w: 0.165 x h: 0.245 x d: 0.10).
Text: Inscribed on one face which is very worn.
Letters: Perhaps Augustan: 0.01.

Date: Perhaps Augustan

Findspot: Ptolemais: West Church; found in 1935.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

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[---Ἀπ]ολλλ̣ω̣--
[---] ἐπ’ἱερέω̣[ς]
[---]ΩΣΔΩ[..]
[---]ΣΑΣ[.]ΣΕΥ[.]Ι̣Ι̣
5[c. 5] τ̣ο̣ῖς α̣[c. 8]
[---]ΤΕΛΕ[c. 9]
[---]ΜΙΤΡΗ[c. 11]Θ[c. 7]
ΙΕ δεκα[c. 10]
ΝΑΠ[c. 10]ΠΕ[.]
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Diplomatic

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[---..]ΟΛΛ..
[---]ΕΠΙΕΡΕ.[.]
[---]ΩΣΔΩ[··]
[---]ΣΑΣ[·]ΣΕΥ[·]..
5[·····]..ΙΣ.[········]
[---]ΤΕΛΕ[·········]
[---]ΜΙΤΡΗ[···········]Θ[·······]
ΙΕΔΕΚΑ[··········]
ΝΑΠ[··········]ΠΕ[·]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

Line 2: the dating by the priest of Apollo suggests a formal civic document, and the layout of a civic decree.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds V.51, Tolmeita I.51)

   Fig. 2. View on the right (1961-05-26, Joyce Reynolds III.21)