Description: Part of a limestone column (w:
0.38 x h:
1.35),
inscribed with M.160 and M.161
Text: Inscribed on both sides.
Letters: Irregular; 0.025; lunate sigma, epsilon, omega
Date: 305-306 CE
Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
on the south verge of modern road, approx. 1 km. W of Sidi Rafa mosque;
found with M.162 and M.163, in 1960.
Original location: Cyrene-Ptolemais road, Mile XI.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(scil. In the reign) of the lords Konstantios and Maximianos, Augusti, and Severos and Maximinos. Mile 11.
Commentary
Line 6: Constantine and Maximian were Augusti with Severus and Maximinus as Caesars between May 305 and July 306.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).