Description:
Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade,
which is badly worn in the lower right quarter, with P.251 and P.252.
Text: Inscribed within a triangular-headed panel outlined in relief (w:
0.22 x h:
0.53).
Letters: 0.025; square sigma; L for ἐτῶν.
Date: Second century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
Quarry I.b.ii; first recorded in 1825
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Apparatus
7/8/9/10: Φ/ΛΑ ΦΕΛ/ΦΙΛ.Τ/Λ Pacho, 1827; Φ[ι]λα[δ]ελφ(εὺς) [ἐτελεύτα] CIG, Vol.III LGPN: Φιλάδελφος, VI-6166810: L for ἐτῶν, seen at the end of the line by Pacho, is no longer legible.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Klaudia (i.e. Claudia) Doxa, ended her life aged 17.
Ailiοs Octabis (i.e. Aelius Octavius), or (i.e. otherwise known as) Philadelphias, ended his life aged ?2?
Commentary
Line 11: Aged 2, 12 or a multiple of 10+2.
Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 pl. LXXV, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5197
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXXV)
Fig. 2. Text (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita I.19; NB V.22)
Fig. 3. View (Kraeling, The Oriental Institute - Chicago, 48087)