IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

B.77. Funerary inscription

Description: Cippus.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Lunate sigma.

Date: Second century CE

Findspot: Berenike: Benghazi, precise findspot unknown; seen in a dealer's house in 1909.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: 'In dealer's house' (1909)

Interpretive

Ἀϲπα-
ϲίαϲ

Diplomatic

ΑϹΠΑ
ϹΙΑϹ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(scil. Tomb) of Aspasia

Commentary

There is, of course, no guarantee that the findspot was in Benghazi, although the history of the rediscovery of Cyrenaican sites makes it seem probable.

Bibliography: Robinson, 1913, from Norton, 103, whence Sammelbuch, I.5927, Reynolds, 1978, 27, whence SEG 28.1539.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds)

Images

None available (2020).