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T.473. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade, which is much damaged, with T.472, T.473 and T.474.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w: 0.33 x h: 0.25) outlined in relief, above T.472, to the left; the surface has been largely lost since Pacho recorded the text.
Letters: 0.03; L for ἐτῶν.

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry East XV, south side; first recorded in 1825.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[(ἔτους) . Φαρ-]
μουθὶ
η´ Ἁρπα-
λιν Μ̣α-
5κέδονος
(ἐτῶν) κε´

Diplomatic

[·...-]
ΜΟΥΘΙ
ΗΑΡΠΑ
ΛΙΝ
5ΚΕΔΟΝΟΣ
L ΚΕ

Apparatus

2: ΜΟΥ seen by Pacho, but not later.; L - Θῶ]θυ̣ Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
3: ΗΑΡΠ seen by Pacho, but not later.; -, -]α Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
4: ΛΙΝ seen by Pacho, but not later.
5: ΕΓΑΟΝΟΣ Pacho, 1827; [τρων]ος ? CIG, Vol.III

Italian translation

Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Anno - Thothy -. di Macedone, di anni 25

English translation

Translation by: Editors

[Year ---, Phar]mouthi 8, Harpalin (scil. daughter) of Makedon aged 28.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Pacho, 1827, LXXXII, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5265; Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 398 (272, La.XV.7,1), not citing Pacho/CIG, whence SEG 9.661
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXXXII)

   Fig. 2. Left-hand tomb: T.472 over the door, T.473 above left, ?T.474 above, right. Right-hand tomb: T.475 over the door, T.477 above, left, T.476 above, right (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra VI.1.18A, NS.VII.18)