Description: Upper left corner of a stele of white marble,
probably Attic; (w:
0.17 x h:
0.25 x d:
0.075).
At the left side the border has been roughly trimmed to simulate a column flanking a niche which contains
a relief of a figure holding aloft an unidentified object.
Text: Inscribed on the upper border.
Letters: Second century; 0.035.
Date: Second century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
Necropolis, south of the city near the former air strip.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tocra Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Hero[- . . .
Commentary
Line 1: From a name (e.g. Ἡρώδης/Herodes) or ἥρωον, ἥρως, heroon/hero either of which would imply heroisation of the dead, for which see on P.166.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.I.23)