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C.192. Fragmentary imperial titulature

Description: Limestone block (w: 1.44 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.57), cut down for re-use.
Text: Inscribed on the exposed face. The stone was cut down and re-used upside down in a wall ; about a third of the right side of the face is invisible.
Letters: First century CE: c. 0.19 (truncated above).

Date: First century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Valley Street, re-used in a wall behind the Central Church, on the southern side; found in 1958.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---consul] design[at---]

Diplomatic

[---......]DESIGN[..---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] designated [consul . . .

Commentary

Clearly from the titles of an emperor, co(n)s(ul) designatus.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).