The Dating Formula: PPennMuseum E16542A
(18th year of Ptolemy III, late spring 229 bce)
[Note: I started to mark the word breaks with vertical lines on the images, then
abandoned it in favor of supplying the expected Greek words below
the transcription suggestions; the numbers refer to parts of the
formula -- 1. ruler, 2. date, 3. priest, 4. kanhforos, 5. month,
6.location, 7. content -- but since content is still undetermined, the file reverts to line numbers after the location section of the formula. RAK]
Β ]
Α Σ
Ι Λ Ε
Υ Ο
Ν Τ
Ο Σ
Π
Τ Ο
Λ Ε
Μ
Α Ι Ο Υ
1a. βασιλεύοντος
Πτολεμαίου
Τ
Ο Υ
Π Τ Ο
Λ Ε Μ
Α Ι
Ο Υ Κ
Α Ι
Α Ρ Σ
Ι Ν Ο
Η Σ
1b. τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ
Ἀρσινόης
Θ Ε Ω Ν
Α Δ Ε
Λ Φ Ω Ν
1c. Θεῶν
Ἀδελφῶν
Ε
Τ Ο Υ
Σ [ Ο ] Κ Τ Ω
Κ Α
Ι Δ
Ε Κ Α
Τ Ο Υ
2. ἔτους
ὀκτω
καὶ δεκάτου
Ε Φ
Ι Ε
Ρ Ε Ω
Σ Κ
Ο Κ
Κ Α
Λ Ο
Υ
3a. ἐφ'
ἱερέως Κοκκαλου
Τ Ο
Υ Ε
Υ Ε
Λ Θ Ο
Ν Τ
Ο Σ
3b. τοῦ
Ευελθοντος
Α
Λ Ε Ξ
Α Ν Δ Ρ
Ο Υ Κ
Α Ι [[blank??]]
3c. Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ
Α Δ
Ε
Λ Φ Ω Ν
3d. Θεῶν
Ἀδελφῶν
Κ
Α
Ι
Θ Ε
Ω Ν
Ε
Υ Ε
Ρ Γ
Ε Τ Ω Ν
3e. καὶ Θεῶν Εὐεργ̣ε̣τ̣ῶν,
Κ Α
Ν Η
Φ Ο Ρ Ο
Υ Α
Ρ Σ Ι
Ν Ο Η [
Σ [[+ 10-17 letters?]]
3f.. κανηφόρου
Ἀ̣ρ̣σ̣ι̣νόης
[Φιλαδελφου
Ι Ρ Α
Σ Τ
Η
Σ Π
Α Μ Μ Ε
Ν Ο Υ Σ
4a. Σωτείρας τῆς
Παμμένους
Μ
Η Ν Ο Σ Ξ
Α Ν Δ
Ι Κ Ο Υ
4b.. μηνὸς Ξα̣νδικοῦ
Ε Μ Φ
Ε Β Ι Χ
Ι Τ Ο Υ
Κ Ω Ι Τ
Ο Υ [[+ 10-17 letters?]]
4c..
ἐμ
Φεβιχι
τοῦ Κωίτο[υ
line
5a
K A Π/M
O T O Υ | Υ
Π O Γ
E
Γ Ρ A
M M E
N O Υ | M H
N O Σ | Λ Ο
Γ Ω Ν | . . .
line 5b
line
6a
Ε Ι |
Τ Ο
Υ | Ε
Α
Υ Τ
Ο Υ |
Κ Λ Η Ρ Ο Υ |
Τ Α Σ
| Α Ρ Ο
Υ Ρ Α
Σ | Ε Ξ Η .
line 6b
Overview:
//updated 27no2006; Clarysse comment incorporated 12oc2007//