Description: Fragment of limestone, with moulding above, from a Doric entablature (w:
0.93 x h:
0.30 x d:
0.46).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: First century CE 0.08-0.195.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene: Acropolis;
found before 1941,
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Lying among débris to the East of the Acropolis gate.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] Atticus son of P(ublius) [ . . .
Commentary
Probably from a public building; Atticus may have been a Roman official or a Latin-speaking resident of Cyrene, possibly even Manius Messius Atticus the donor of C.126.
Oliverio, Guida 412 refers to a series of bases, some dedicated to Romans, beside the road between the Agora and the Acropolis gate; this is the only inscription now visible here, and it is certainly not a base.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, I 91)
Fig. 2. Face and context (Joyce Reynolds)