Description: Rectangular block of limestone from a Doric entablature
(w:
1.00 x h:
0.38 x d:
not measurable).
Text: Inscribed on the exposed face.
Letters: Seond-third centuries: 0.20.
Date: Second to third centuries CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Valley Street: Found before 1941,
in the retaining wall, facing the upper Terrace.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] Aurel[i- . . .
Commentary
re-used upside down in the retaining wall of the Valley Street.
Cutting and letter sizes suggest that the text is part of an emperor's name.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face
Fig. 2. Face
Fig. 3. Face (Reynolds XIII.49)
Fig. 4. Face (Reynolds VIII.11)