Description: Two fragments of marble panel
(a: w:
0.13 x h:
0.14 x d:
0.04;
b: w:
0.24 x h:
0.27 x d:
0.04).
Text: Inscribed on one face, from the right side either of the same marble panel
or of a pair of panels (The connection is shown by the distinctive moulding and the letter forms).
Letters: Probably second century, circa 0.02; there are traces of guidelines; an elaborate stop ( stylised leaf?) concludes the last
surviving line on each fragment.
Date: Second century
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
West Church; found in 1935.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
a.2: Perhaps from e.g. [Και]κιλία , or [Και]κιλιανός
b.6: Perhaps from a formula on the lines of ἀρετῆς καὶ εὐεργεσίας ἕνεκα καὶ φιλοδοξίας; it seems probable that b. contains the end of an honorary decree including the instruction to inscribe the text on a marble stele (line 2).
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. View of both parts (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I (NB V).54)
Fig. 2. Fragment a, face.
Fig. 3. Fragment b, face (Joyce Reynolds, III.4)