Description: Fragment from the lower part of a greyish marble base
base with the lower moulding preserved, broken off on all other sides (w:
0.42 x h:
0.15 x d:
0.33).
Text: Inscribed on a semi-dressed surface; an earlier inscription may have been erased.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.03.
Date: Probably first century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Shrine of Serapis; photographed in 1925.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Byzantine Baths (1982)
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] Augusta [ . . .
Commentary
An earlier inscription may have been erased. Probably Livia, after 14 CE, see also C.272, C.499; but the word could also have been used as the title of a goddess or as an adjective applied to some feminine object or building connected with the imperial house (cf. the ὕδωρ σεβαστόν, C.322).
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Read from the photograph (Reynolds).