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T.253. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 1.30 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.50); the surface is damaged.
Text: Incised with three texts, each within a wreath, from left to right. There is a caduceus to the right of iii.
Letters: i. 0.04; lunate epsilon and sigma; very rough. ii. 0.04; lunate sigma; L for ἔτους. iii. 0.04; lunate sigma; L for ἔτους; much fainter than those of i. and ii.

Date: Late first century BCE - early second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Turkish castle; found in 1936.
Original location: Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum.

Interpretive

i
Ἀνδ-
ρο-
ϲθέν̣-
ηϲ Οϲ̣--
[..]
ii
(ἔτους) ιη´
Ἀπολλό-
δ̣οτ̣οϲ
Λύκου
iii
(ἔτους) ιθ´
Απ[...]
[c. 4]-
-νοϲ

Diplomatic

i
ΑΝΔ
ΡΟ
ϹΘΕ.
ΗϹΟ.
[··]
ii
L ΙΗ
ΑΠΟΛΛΟ
.Ο.ΟϹ
ΛΥΚΟΥ
iii
L ΙΘ
ΑΠ[···]
[····]
ΝΟϹ

Apparatus

i.3: σθέ(νης) Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
i.4: Ἐπ(ιδίου) ? Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
ii.3: δωρος Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
iii.2: Α - Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
iii.4: ο - Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Italian translation

Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Androstene (di) ? Ep(idio). - Anno 18. Apollodor di Lico. - Anno 19. A -

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(i) Androsthenes (scil. son?) of Os[-

(ii) Year 18, Apollodotos (scil. son) of Lykos.

(iii) Year 19, Ap . . .

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 474 (344), pl. LXXXVI, fig.56, whence SEG 9.552a
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. From left to right: T.254 (upside down), T.251, T.252.iii, T.253 (upside down), T.708 (above) (Department of Antiquities, F. 1069)

   Fig. 2. Face (Department of Antiquities, F. 1069)

   Fig. 3. Face, very worn (Reynolds XII.75)