Epitaph
created: Transcription from previous editors.
source date: End of second or beginning of first century BC
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[...], p. 260, whence [...], 37.1714; [...] 080000.

Ἁγεμόνα Ἀμμωνίου ἱέρεια, χαῖρε.

Prêtresse Hagémona fille d'Ammonios, adieu!

Priestess Hagemona daughter of Ammonios, farewell!

Sacerdotessa Hagemona figlia di Ammonios, addio!

At Ptolemais, the use of koine is usual since the foundation, so that the genitive of the father's name has the expected form. However, the woman's name has the dialectal ending, which was more easily preserved, because in koine feminines in -a do also exist.

The formula with χαῖρε is never found in Cyrenaica in the Greek period. Ptolemais was more receptive to foreign influences. Besides, this inscription is probably one of the latest in the present collection.