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.
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)