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: Square panel (w:
0.30 x h:
0.30)
partly sunk, below T.508.
Letters: 0.04; 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 16, Thot 5. Eupraxis di Philon, di anni 8.
German translation
Translation source: Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983
(Jahr) 16, 5.Thothy, Eupraxis des Philon, 38 (Jahre)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Year 16, Thoth 5, Eupraxis, (scil. child) of Philon, aged 8.
Commentary
Line 2: Year 16. This should be a first century date (see on T.496), so this implies the reign of Augustus (BCE 15/14), Tiberius (CE 29/30) or Domitian (CE 96).
Line 5: Catherine Dobias-Lalou confirms Oliverio's reading of the numeral
Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 423 (297, La.XV.11.17), p. 227, whence SEG 9.686; Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983, 52.g, whence SEG 33.1500, PHI 324675
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)