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C.207. Fragmentary imperial titulature

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.

Interpretive

[---] Αὐρη̣[λι---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΑΥΡ.[..---]

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)