IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.170. Acclamations for Spata and Therapios

Description: Four limestone columns.
Text: Graffiti, carefully designed, with guidelines
Letters: a. 0.05 - 0.07; b. 0.04; c. 0.05; d. line 1, 0.05; line 2, 0.045-0.05; line 3, 0.04; lunate epsilon and sigma, cursive omega.

Date: Fourth - fifth century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Valley Street, House of Domina Spata, fallen from the upper storey of the courtyard; found in 1959.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot 1959.

Interpretive

a
Εὐτυ[χ]ῶϲ
τοῖ̣[ϲ ..]Ϲ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]-
-λίοιϲ
b
Τῇ κυρίᾳ
Ϲπάτᾳ
( vac. 1 line)
εὐτυχῶ[ϲ]
c
Sp̣ạṭa
uiuas
d
( vac. 1) Τῷ κτί-
ϲτῃ Θε-
ραπίῳ
( vac. 1)

Diplomatic

a
ΕΥΤΥ[.]ΩϹ
ΤΟ.[.··]Ϲ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
ΛΙΟΙϹ
b
ΤΗΚΥΡΙΑ
ϹΠΑΤΑ
     vacat
ΕΥΤΥΧΩ[.]
c
S...A
UIUAS
d
  ΤΩΚΤΙ
ϹΤΗΘΕ
ΡΑΠΙΩ
  

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(a): With good fortune [ . . .

(b): For the lady Spata, with good fortune!

(c): Spata, may you live!

(d): For the founder, Therapios!

Commentary

The house is probably of the fourth century

For the language compare C.43

Bibliography: Mentioned Kenrick, 2013 186
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Column b