Military funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: First to second centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Γάϊοϲ Πομπίλιοϲ Ϲύροϲ βενεφικιάριϲ ἐϲτρατεύϲατο κε πγ

Translation

G(aios) Pompilios G(aius) Pompilius Syros , beneficiarius, served for 25 years, aged 83.

Commentary

For other soldiers at Ptolemais see P.67, P.201, P.326.

Beneficiarii are usually found attached to proconsules, legati Augusti, procuratores, praefecti, aediles, tribuni legionis, commanders of auxilia units and city troops.