Fragmentary ephebic inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Third-fourth centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 9.

[...] Ποταμων [...] Φ[...] φίλοι πάντων ἄμαχοι διὰ βίου

Translations

Pota[mon] and Ph[- . . ], friends of all, unconquerable throughout their lives.

Commentary

According to Kraeling, the wreath suggested a funerary text to Klaffenbach. But for the use of φίλοι to link two names see on P.9, and for the expressions φίλος πᾶσι, φίλος πάντων see on P.22, P.66, all ephebic texts at Ptolemais. The wreath is presumably a reference to victory in ephebic contests; for an overt reference to such contests see P.167. For a similar text see P.393.