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T.240. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block, to the right of T.239
Text: Incised on one face, which is very pitted and damaged; iii to the right of ii. There are traces of further letters beyond those recorded here.
Letters: 0.04-0.06; several different hands.

Date: Late first century BCE - early second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: South Wall: The second Tower, the first tower to the west of the angle.
Original location: City wall
Last recorded location: Reused in a modern wall, south of the city-wall.

Interpretive

i
[..]ΝΙΚΡΙ[---]
ii
[---] Τρύφων Α
iii
Σωσι[---]
iv
Τειμασ--
Α̣ΤΩ̣[---]
v
Ἐμ̣ισ[αθις ---]
vi
Τελεσάρχω [---]
vii
[---]ΔΕΙΣ

Diplomatic

i
[··]ΝΙΚΡΙ[---]
ii
[---]ΤΡΥΦΩΝΑ
iii
ΣΩΣΙ[---]
iv
ΤΕΙΜΑΣ
.Τ.[---]
v
Ε.ΙΣ[....---]
vi
ΤΕΛΕΣΑΡΧΩ[---]
vii
[---]ΔΕΙΣ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i and vii) (Not usefully translatable). (ii) Tryphon. (iii) Sosi[- . . (iv) Teimas[- . (v) Emis[athis (vi) Of Telesarchos.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. T.239 and T.240 (Reynolds NS.I.4)

   Fig. 2. T.239 and T.240 (Reynolds NS.I.5)

   Fig. 3. T.239 and T.240 (Reynolds NS.I.6)