IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.206. Fragmentary ?dedication

Description: Fragmentary limestone blocks. a. Now broken and partly lost. b. w: 0.58 x h: 0.27 x d: 0.51; c. w: 0.58 x h: 0.29 x d: 0.59; d and e no measurements.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second-third century; ave. 0.085, rather lightly cut and irregularly aligned; lunate sigma, cursive omega.

Date: Second to third centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: In the Valley street. Photographed in 1937.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Now lying half way between the Sanctuary and the Antonine Arch.

Interpretive

a
[---] ὁ̣ αὐτὸϲ Κ[---]
b
[---] Ἰ̣ά̣ϲ̣[ον?]α̣ Φω[---]
c
[---]ΑΙΤΗ[---]
d
[---] παρὰ τ̣ῆϲ ΛΑ[---]
e
[---] τ̣ὸν πόρον [---]

Diplomatic

a
[---].ΑΥΤΟϹΚ[---]
b
[---]...[..].ΦΩ[---]
c
[---]ΑΙΤΗ[---]
d
[---]ΠΑΡΑ.ΗϹΛΑ[---]
e
[---].ΟΝΠΟΡΟΝ[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(a): . . . ] the same [ . . . (b): . . . ] ?Iason Pho[- . . . (c): (Not usefully translatable) (d): . . . ] beside the [ . . . (e): . . . ] the supply/income? [ . . .

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from the photographs, taken when the stones were in better condition (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. a (1937 September 11, Department of Antiquities, F. 3275)