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T.35. Fragmentary imperial titulature

Description: Fragment (w: 0.28 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.29), from a monumental inscription; perhaps part of the same text as T.34.i, and T.36
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Carefully cut formal letters with rustic elements. c. 0.20, recalling those of T.34.

Date: Perhaps second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), reused in a wall; found in 1962.
Original location: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths).
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---] ịmp̣[erator ---]

Diplomatic

[---].M.[......---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] Emperor [ . . .

Commentary

This may be from the upper register of T.34, while T.36, the Latin inscription recorded by Pacho in this area, may also be connected. The text was clearly a building inscription, perhaps concerned with work on the gymnasium itself.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.III.18)