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T.301. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb.
Text: Inscribed on the façade to the right of the door within a gabled panel (w: 0.26 x h: 0.26).
Letters: 0.035; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.

Date: First to third century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry East II, East wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ϛ̣´ [Χοι]άκι κ´
Μάρι̣ος Ἀ-
ρ̣ι̣σ̣τ̣ο̣κ̣λ̣-
[έους] (ἐτῶν) κα̣´

Diplomatic

L .[...]ΑΚΙΚ
ΜΑΡ.ΟΣΑ
.......
[....] L Κ.

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Year 6, Choiak 20, Marios (i.e. Marius) (scil. son) of Aristokles, aged 21.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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