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T.688. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w: 0.23 x h: 0.40) outlined in relief.
Letters: 0.30; square sigma, cursive omega; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry East XVII, west wall. First recorded in 1825.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ι´ Ἁθὺρ ει´
Νυμφόδ-
ωροϲ Κοι-
δ̣[ι]κίω (ἐτῶν) ιη´

Diplomatic

L ΙΑΘΥΡΕΙ
ΝΥΜΦΟΔ
ΩΡΟϹΚΟΙ
.[.]ΚΙΩ L ΙΗ

Apparatus

1: ΑΟΕΡΕΙ Pacho, 1827
2: ΝΥΜΑΟΔ Pacho, 1827
3: ΟΕΟΡΚΟΙ Pacho, 1827; -[ωρ]ο[ς] Kοι CIG, Vol.III; -[ωρ]ο[ς] Kει jmr , whence LGPN VI-60098, Κειδίκιος?

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 10, Hathyr 15, Nymphodoros (scil. son) of Koidikios (Kudikios), aged 18.

Commentary

Lines 3/4: The patronymic is confirmed by Dobias-Lalou from an excellent photograph by Elhaddar.

Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 LXXXIV, whence ` CIG, Vol.III, 5327.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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

   Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds NS.VII.11)


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