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T.71. Ephebic names

Description: ?Sandstone block
Text: Three texts each incised within a wreath; i to the left, ii in the centre, iii to the right.
Letters: No measurements. Lunate sigma in i and iii, standard forms in ii; L for ἔτους

Date: First century BCE-second 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) κβ´
Λούκι-
οϲ Λυϲα-
νίου
ii
(ἔτους) ε´
Μᾶρκο-
ς Θ̣ευτ̣
είμω
iii
(ἔτουϲ) κ̣ε̣´
Μά̣κ̣-
[ερ] Κ̣λ̣-
ημεν̣-
5τοϲ

Diplomatic

i
L ΚΒ
ΛΟΥΚΙ
ΟϹΛΥϹΑ
ΝΙΟΥ
ii
L Ε
ΜΑΡΚΟ
Σ.ΕΥ.
ΕΙΜΩ
iii
L ..
Μ..
[..]..
ΗΜΕ.
5ΤΟϹ

Apparatus

ii.3: ΣΟΕΥΣ Pacho, 1827
iii.1: ΡΝϹΔΔΟ Pacho, 1827; ΡΝϹΔΔΟ CIG, Vol.III ; LΥΣ Pacho, 1827; L - CIG, Vol.III
iii.2: ΜΛΤ Pacho, 1827; Μ[αξ] CIG, Vol.III
iii.3: ΙΜΙΑΙΟ Pacho, 1827; ιμια[ν]ὸς CIG, Vol.III
iii.4: ΗμΕΝΤ Pacho, 1827; [Κλ]ήμε[ν] CIG, Vol.III

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(i). Year 22. Loukios (i.e. Lucius) (scil. son) of Lusanias.

(ii). Year 5. Markos (i.e. Marcus) (scil. son) of Theoteimos.

(iii). Year 25. Maker (i.e. Macer) (scil. son) of Klemens (i.e. Clemens).

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, 5315.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).

Images

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