Funerary inscription
created: Transcription from previous publication (Reynolds).
source date: Hellenistic or early Roman
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he

Bibliography

Copied by F.H. Crowe in 1860, from whose unpublished papers published by [...], 1, [...], 92, whence [...], 1, whence [...], 2004.439, [...] 52.1820

Ἀριπάχθις Πανκρατίδα

Apparatus

Aripachthis son of Pankratidas

Commentary

For the tomb see Bailey, art. cit.

The name of the builder of the tomb (B.54, B.57, B.68), Aripachthis, is of Libyan origin; it was used alongside Greek names, reflecting the mixed ethnic roots of the family’s native city (Berenike rather than Euhesperides). Bailey’s suggestion to associate with this text a marble slab bearing the letters ΑΠ found in the tomb chamber seems unlikely (rather the abbreviation of a name like Ἀπολλώνιος). Πανκρατίδας was a recurrent name in the family, so B.63.