Description: Left side of a limestone block, moulded above (w:
0.11 x h:
0.17 x d:
0.35)
Text: Inscribed on one face which is very much worn.
Letters: First to second centuries CE : line 1, 0.045; lines 2,3, 0.04; lines 4-6, 0.03.
Date: 117 - 138 CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
found before 1941; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
For the [victory and] safety and permanence of the lord Emperor Caesar Trajan [Hadrian . . .
Commentary
More probably Hadrian (117-138 CE) than Trajan, (96-117 CE), since Trajan's name is normally Nerva Traianus.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).