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T.457. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade with T.451, T.452, T.453, T.454, T.455, T.456, T.457, T.458, and T.459; the surface is badly worn so that a number of panels are illegible.
Text: Inscribed in a gabled panel (w: 0.41 x h: 0.42) outlined in relief, the surface badly damaged, below T.456.
Letters: L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.

Date: First century BCE - first century CE

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

Interpretive

(ἔτους) δ´ Θώθυ
[.. ? .. Ἀν-]
[δρ]οσθ[έ-]
νης [.. ? ..]
5[---] (ἐτῶν) κϛ´

Diplomatic

L ΔΘΩΘΥ
[.. ? ....-]
[..]ΟΣΘ[.-]
ΝΗΣ[.. ? ..]
5[---] L ΚϚ

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 1983

Year 4, Thoth ?, [ . . . ] Androsthenes [ . . . ] aged 26.

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Year 4, Thoth ?, [ . . . ] Androsthenes [ . . . ] aged 26.

Commentary

L1: Year 4, Thoth (?) (August/September).

Bibliography: Reynolds, 1983, 16.g, whence SEG 33.1417, PHI 324597.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).