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T.49. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone corner block (w: 0.29 x h: 0.44 x d: 0.61).
Text: Incised on two faces; face i is very pitted;, face ii to the right of face i.
Letters: i. c. 0.08; each line is probably in a different hand. ii: very deeply cut.

Date: First to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Outside the Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), in the Decumanus; found in 1962.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
[c. 6]Κ̣
[c. 5]Α̣Ν
[c. 5]ΚΟ[.]
[c. 5]Γ[..]
5[c. 6]Ι
[c. 6]Σ
ii
Ρ̣ΩΝ
ΑΙΑ
[..]Α ( vac. 1)
ΧΑΝ ( vac. 1)
5ΕΙΡΑ ( vac. 1)
Π ( vac. 1)

Diplomatic

i
[······].
[·····]
[·····]ΚΟ[·]
[·····]Γ[··]
5[······]Ι
[······]Σ
ii
.ΩΝ
ΑΙΑ
[··]Α  
ΧΑΝ  
5ΕΙΡΑ  
Π  

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face i (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra II.3.6A, NS.III.6)

   Fig. 2. Face ii (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra II.3.5A, NS.III.5)