A finely worked limestone stela with a curved top. The upper part is delicately carved with a pattern including foliage. In the central register is a cross within a circle flanked by palm columns. At the bottom of the stela are three lines of Greek inscription "For the memory and rest of Dios. (He died) on Pharmouthi 11 of Indiction 6.” The name of the deceased is “Dios,” which is an attested male name. Pharmouthi is an Egyptian month name that corresponds roughly to April. At the end of the last line, there is an abbreviation for the Egyptian “indiction” cycle that first began in A.D. 292 and continued for hundreds of years. The reference to year “six” means that it was the sixth year of the cycle. 
Information supplied by Professor Lincoln Blumell (2025). 


CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, discolouration, surface dirt, stained.

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A finely worked limestone stela with a curved top. The upper part is delicately carved with a pattern including foliage. In the central register is a cross within a circle flanked by palm columns. At the bottom of the stela are three lines of Greek inscription "For the memory and rest of Dios. (He died) on Pharmouthi 11 of Indiction 6.” The name of the deceased is “Dios,” which is an attested male name. Pharmouthi is an Egyptian month name that corresponds roughly to April. At the end of the last line, there is an abbreviation for the Egyptian “indiction” cycle that first began in A.D. 292 and continued for hundreds of years. The reference to year “six” means that it was the sixth year of the cycle. Information supplied by Professor Lincoln Blumell (2025). CONDITION NOTE 1998: Incomplete, discolouration, surface dirt, stained.

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