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T.275. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb (w: 0.34 x h: 0.22) whose surface is badly worn.
Text: Inscribed within a rectangular panel on the façade above the door (w: 0.34 x h: 0.22).
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.04; L for ἔτους.

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry West VII, north wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) [.] Ἐπεί-
φ [---]
Ε[ἰρ]ήν̣α̣
[------]

Diplomatic

L [·]ΕΠΕΙ
Φ[---]
Ε[..]Η..
[------]

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 1983

Year ?, Epeiph ?, Eirena (or Eirenaios) [ . . .

Commentary

Probably Jewish.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 1983, 10, whence SEG 33.1382 (PHI 324566)
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum, Tocra IV.5.31A, NS.V.43)