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T.651. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade with T.651 and T.652.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w: 0.58 x h: 0.42) outlined by an incised line, the surface largely destroyed; to the left of T.652.
Letters: 0.035; lunate epsilon and sigma.

Date: First century BCE to first century CE

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

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ιβ´ [--- Νι-]
κᾶ̣ϲ̣ [---]-
-ευ[---]-
-ς (ἐτῶν) κθ´ [---]
5Ν̣ικᾶϲ [Τ]ο̣υβία̣
(ἐτῶν) α´

Diplomatic

L ΙΒ[---..-]
Κ..[---]
ΕΥ[---]
Σ L ΚΘ[---]
5.ΙΚΑϹ[.].ΥΒΙ.
L Α

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 12, [ . . Ni]kas [ . . . ], aged 29. [ . . . ] Nikas (scil. son) of Toubias, aged 1.

Commentary

Line 5: the name suggests a Jew.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. From the left: T.651, T.652 (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra IX 1.36, NS.X.36)

   Fig. 2. Detail (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra IX 1.36, NS.X.36)