Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade,
with T.495, T.496,
T.497, T.498,
T.499, T.500,
T.501, T.502,
T.503, T.504,
T.505, T.506,
T.507, T.508,
T.509, T.510,
T.511, T.512,
T.513, T.514,
T.515; there are also a number of illegible panels.
Text: Inscribed within a rectangular panel (w:
0.28 x h:
0.21)
above the door, to the right of T.495, to the left of T.497.
Letters: 0.042; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Taucheira:
Quarry East XV, South wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Italian translation
Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
Anno 19, Hathyr 28. Dositeo di Aristeo, di anni 14.
German translation
Translation source: Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983
(Jahr) 19, 28.Hathyr, Dositheos des Aristes, 14 (Jahre)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Year 19, Hathyr 28, Dositheos (scil. son) of Aristes, aged 14.
Commentary
Line 1: Since T.497 indicates a first century date, the regnal year should refer to Augustus (12/11 BCE) or Tiberius (CE 32/33).
Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 418 (292, La.XV.11.12), p.226, whence SEG 9.681; Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983, 52.b.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. View of the façade. From left: First group: T.489, T.490, T.491, T.492, ?T.493, ? T.494; second group: T.499 above T.498 above T.495 and T.496, T.500 above T.497, T.501 above T.502, T.503, T.504, T.505, T.506, T.507, T.509 above T.510 above T.511, T.515 aboveT.514 above T.513 above T.512. (Reynolds XII.9)
Fig. 2. T.496 (part), T.497, T.502, T.503, T.504, T.505, T.506, T.507, T.510, T.511, T.512, T.513 (Reynolds NS.X.34)