Captions for wall-paintings, Tomb N.22
created: From previous publications (Roueché)
source date: Late second century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...] XLIX, L, LII, LIII, whence [...], 5149b; mentioned by [...], 444, [...], 67-69, with plates from Pacho, [...], 29; re-examined and described [...]; published more fully, with observations from J.M. Reynolds, [...], whence [...] 52.1845, [...], 1994.699; discussed [...], 191-192.

For the tomb see [...] N.22, [...], 31.

Ἐπίκτητοϲ ὁπλόμαχοϲ

ἀλλ’ ἐψόφηκεν ἡ θύρα· προϲέρχεται ὁ πατήρ

κρούϲομαι αὐτόϲ

Translation

1: Epiktetos, fighter in armour. 2: ??. 3, i: But the door has sounded; the father is approaching. ii: I shall knock myself

Commentary

After the initial publication by Pacho, this material was cited frequently, but not seen again until the work of Bacchielli and the Italian team in the 1960s

3: This suggests a performance of a comedy, where the protagonists are startled by a knock on the door - perhaps from a vengeful father.