Description:
Fragment from the left side of a block of sandstone
(w:
0.23 x h:
0.40 x depth not measurable),
broken to right.
Text: Inscribed on one face, in four hands.
Letters: i. 0.045; ii. 0.05; iii. 0.035; iv. 0.07
Date: First century BCE to first century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Late Baths, Frigidarium (room 6), in the west wall, re-used below P.181;
found in 1957.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot
i.2: Kraeling reported a line, but made out no letters
iii: LΙΒ Π[ Kraeling, 1962
English translation
Translation by: Editors
(i) Year 12. Kla[-
(ii) Year 1.
(iii) Year 12. Pa[-
(iv) Year 11. A[-, A[-
Commentary
One of the many fragments of ephebic texts found in the baths, P.178 to P.198.
iv. Perhaps a man's name with a patronymic written in small letters within it. For the patronymic written in small letters within and between the letters of the names, typical of ephebic inscriptions, see C.61, C.123, C.124, and many examples at Ptolemais: P.2, P.11, P.13, P.14, P.69, P.124, P.133, P.134, P.178, P.182, P.185, P.190, and cf P.200.
Bibliography: Kraeling, 1962, 27.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
