IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.197. Informal name.

Description: Fragment of a cipollino column drum.
Text: Lightly graffito.
Letters: 0.02 - 0.045; lightly scratched and irregular; lunate sigma, cursive omega.

Date: First - third century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: in the Casa Parisi area; found in 1960.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

ΕΥΤ ( vac. )
Ἰάϲων [---]

Diplomatic

ΕΥΤ      
ΙΑϹΩΝ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] Jason [ . . .

Commentary

It is possible that the intention was to write εὐτυχῶς Ἰάσωνι, or two names.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Stone and context (1961, Joyce Reynolds, II 66)