Description: Sandstone fragments; i is a limestone fragment (w:
0.96 x h:
0.25 x d:
0.17), ii. (w:
0.29 x h:
0.32 x d:
0.13)
Text: Inscribed on one face, probably with ephebic graffiti
Letters: L for ἔτους; i. 0.08; ii. 0.105; apparently a superscript bar above the third letter.
Date: First century BCE to first century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
House of the Triapsidal Hall;
found in 1962.
Original location: Probably from the Gymnasium
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Apparatus
ii: A superscript bar above the third letter, which may be the base of Ι or Ξ. Ε a small letter within Δ, presumably from a patronymicEnglish translation
Translation by: Editors
(i). Year 10. M[- . . .
(ii). Year 9. D[- . . (scil. son) of ] E[- . . .
Commentary
ii: Apparently the beginning of a name with the letters of the patronymic written small inside and between its own letters; for this practice, 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.91, P.124, P.133, P.134, P.178, P.182, P.185, P.190.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
