Military funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Second to third centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 259, whence [...] 37.1713

[...]ς καὶ ἀγωνοθέτης ἔπαρχος σπείρης Β[...] [...]ἔπαρχος ἴλης Φρυγῶν ἑβδόμης [...]

Translation

. . . ] and president at the games, commander of the cohort B[ . . . commander] of the seventh Phrygian squadron [ . . .

Commentary

It is uncertain whether the eques Romanus of this inscription was a local man whose civil office was held in Ptolemais or an official of the Roman government who died there during a tour of duty. Agonothetes are not otherwise attested at Ptolemais but may in fact have been appointed, e.g. for ephebic contests.

Line 1: In view of the description of the ala in line 2, B is probably the initial of the cohort name and not a figure. A military tribunate in a legion will have followed the cohort command.

Line 2: The unit was in Syria Palaestina in the middle second century; see CIL XVI.87, 103, AE 1994, 1914, AE 2005, 1730, 1733, available at EDH HD022814, HD027802, HD062209, HD055984 , HD055982,