Funerary inscription of Marchius Chullam and Varnychsin
created: Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins)
source date: First-fourth centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], II, 127-8, no. 1; [...] 25, with corrections by M. Toutain, whence [...] 1904.215, [...], 22660; [...], 898, whence [...], 898, whence [...] 033567; for BSR images see BSR Digital Collections.

Marchius Chullam et Uarnychsin pater et mater Marchi Nimmire et [...] Maccurasan qui eis hec memoriam fecerunt discussimus ratiocinio ad ea erocatum est sumtos mercedibus in nummo denariorum follis singulares numero quadraginta quinque milia sescentos preter cibaria operantibus feliciter[...] uisitent fili et nepotes

Marchius Chullam and Varnychsin, father and mother of the Marchii Nimmira and Maccurasan, who had this memorial built for them. We paid out in reckoning for these things, in coin on salaries a total of forty-five thousand six hundred folles, in addition to the food for the workmen. May their sons and grandsons visit it happily.

The stone was already pitted when inscribed, notably in line 1, 6 and 7. Underlined letters were read by Denham and Clapperton or by De Mathuisieulx, but are no longer legible.