Description: Sandstone block
(w:
0.55 x h:
0.33 x d:
0.30), from a group inscribed with
T.28, T.29, T.30,
T.31, T.32, T.34,
T.33.
Text: Inscribed within an incised tabella ansata, which is broken away to the left; to the right,
an incised palm branch and a caduceus.
Letters: 0.06.
Date: First to second century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), loose on the street wall; found in 1962.
Original location: Gymnasium
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
[ . . . (scil. son?)] of Philokalos, [ . . . (scil. son?)] of Philokalos, [ . . . (scil. son?)] of Philokalos.
Commentary
This may have listed ephebic victors. The palm branch presumably denotes athletic victory, while the caduceus refers to Hermes, the patron of the Gymnasium.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.II.38)