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T.259. Fragmentary ?funerary inscription

Description: Sandstone block; probably cut down for re-use (w: 0.25 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.40).
Text: Inscribed on one face, which is damaged at the right side.
Letters: 1.1, 0.04-5; 1.2; 0.03; L for ἔτους.

Date: First to third century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Modern village; found in 1969.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ιβ´ Εὐ[---]
Ἐπι[---]

Diplomatic

L ΙΒΕΥ[---]
ΕΠΙ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 12, Eu[- [(scil. son) of] Epi[-

Commentary

Probably funerary given the quality of the lettering but possibly an ephebic graffito

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.I.16)