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P.59. Fragmentary ?ephebic list

Description: Two adjoining fragments from the lower left corner of a limestone panel (w: 0.315 x h: 0.16 x d: 0.07)
Text: Inscribed on one face, which is very worn
Letters: 0.015; traces of rubrication.

Date: First century BCE - third century CE

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

Interpretive

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[c. 8]Ν̣Ο̣Ι̣[---]
[..]ησιο̣[ς] Ἁκάμα
Κοσβανα̣ξ̣ Ἁβουνο[υ? ---]
Ἁπολλόδοτο̣ς̣ [---]
5Εὐφάνης Σ̣ε̣[---]
[...]δας Κ[---]
[Διο]νύσιος [---]

Diplomatic

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[········]...[---]
[··]ΗΣΙ.[.]ΑΚΑΜΑ
ΚΟΣΒΑΝ..ΑΒΟΥΝΟ[.---]
ΑΠΟΛΛΟΔΟΤ..[---]
5ΕΥΦΑΝΗΣ..[---]
[···]ΔΑΣΚ[---]
[...]ΝΥΣΙΟΣ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

[ . . . ]esios (scil. son) of Akamas; Kosbanax (scil. son) of Abounos; Apollodotos [(scil. son) of ? . . ]; Euphanes (scil. son) of S[- . . ]; . . -]das (scil. son) of K[- . .]; Dionysios [(scil. son) of ? . . .

Commentary

A list of names - probably of ephebes.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita II. 1)