Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably second century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Heracl[...] ex numil[...] [...]er[...] ai pro[...] [...] uixit [...] annos XXII menses [...] [...]

[...]ετο[...] [...]ινου[...] [...]ελο [...] [...]οα[...]ι ἐτῶν κβ μηνῶν [...] ϲϲ εγ [...] [...]

Translation

[Latin] Heracl[ius? . . . ] lived 22 years, [?] months. [Greek] . . . ] aged 22 years, [? months . . .

Commentary

The text is clearly funerary but may, none the less, come from the Gymnasium which is a known source of stone for this building: so T.19, T.20, T.22, T.23.

a.1: Either the name of the dead man (e.g. Heraclius, Heracleides, Heraclitus) or a reference to Herakles, god of the Gymnasium, as his patron.

a.2: Perhaps ex numine but this is not paralleled; another possibility might be ex Numidia?

a.3: Perhaps pro[consulis.