Description: Partly buried wall constructed of sandstone
blocks, inscribed with P.35, P.36, P.37,
P.38, P.39, P.40,
P.41, P.42, P.43,
P.44 and P.45.
Text: Inscribed to the right of P.38.
Letters: i, 0.12, L for ἔτους, ΣΤΚ monogram for συγκοίτοι; ii, 0.05; two hands
Date: First century BCE to first century CE
Findspot:
Ptolemais:
near the West Gate, in an unexcavated area between the city wall and the West church.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Apparatus
i.2: The Π, apparently in ligature, may be from an underlying text. It is possible that the cutter intended the Σ of the succeeding monogram to serve as the concluding letter of the name.English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(i). Hipparchos, Year 15, bedfellow of Pasaias.
(ii). Aristoteles (scil. son/friend?) of Aris[toteles?].
Arabic translation
Translation by: Muna Abdelhamed
(i). هيبارخوس، السنة 15، شريك باسياس في الفراش. (ii). أرستوتيلس، (بن/صديق؟) أرس]توتيلس[ أو أرسطوطاليس، (بن/صديق؟) أرس]طوطاليس[.
Commentary
For this group of texts see commentary on P.35.
i, line 2: Year 15, but the sign is very uncertain.
i: συγκοίτος: for the term, and the monogram, see on P.3.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita II. 36)