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T.57. Ephebic names

Description: ?Sandstone block
Text: Two texts, each incised within a wreath; i to the left, ii to the right..
Letters: Lunate sigma, cursive omega; L for ἔτους.

Date: First century BCE-first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), probably North Wall (where similar texts are still in situ: see on T.50); recorded in 1825.
Original location: Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Findspot (1825).

Interpretive

i
(ἔτουϲ) ιε´
Φρ̣όντω
Ϲατορ̣ν-
[ί]νου
ii
(ἔτουϲ) ιε´
Π(όπλιοϲ) Αἴλιοϲ
[..]λανοϲ

Diplomatic

i
L ΙΕ
Φ.ΟΝΤΩ
ϹΑΤΟ.Ν
[.]ΝΟΥ
ii
L ΙΕ
ΠΑΙΛΙΟϹ
[··]ΛΑΝΟϹ

i.2: Φρ : ΦΙ Pacho, 1827
i.3: ΡΝ : ΙΝ Pacho, 1827
i.4: ΝΟΥ Pacho, 1827
ii.3: ΛΑΝΟϹ Pacho, 1827; [Ἀ]λανός ? CIG, Vol.III

English translation

Translation by: Editors

i: Year 15, Phronto (i.e. Fronto) (scil. son) of Satorninos

ii: Year 15, P(oplios) Ailios -lanos (i.e. P(ublius) Aelius -lanus)

Commentary

For this group of texts T.50-T.74, collected by Pacho, see on T.50.

Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 pl. LXXX, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5355.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).

Images

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