IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.208. Fragmentary honours

Description: Three limestone blocks apparently from the same monument; a: w: 0.91 x h: 0.36, depth not measurable; b: w: 0.645 x h: 0.30 x d: 0.60; c: w: 0.39 x h: 0.31, depth not measurable.
Text: Inscribed on the exposed face.
Letters: IV-V cent.: c. 0.09; square sigma.

Date: Fourth-fifth centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: a: Lying half-buried to the South East of the Market Theatre; b and c: Re-used in the seats of the Market theatre; found in 1955.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

a
[ὑπὲρ σω]τ̣η̣ρίας καὶ ν̣ε̣[ίκας ---]
b
[---ἡ πόλις ἡ] Κυρηνα[ίων---]
c
[---]Η̣ΙΗ̣[---]

Diplomatic

a
[......]..ΡΙΑΣΚΑΙ..[....---]
b
[---.......]ΚΥΡΗΝΑ[...---]
c
[---].Ι.[---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(a) [On behalf of the sa]fety and vic[tory . . .]

(b)[. . . the city of] the Cyrenae[ans . . .]

(c) Not transatable

Commentary

Clearly from a dedication made in honour of an emperor by the people of Cyrene.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 1976-1977, 1, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1988.1024, SEG 35.1724
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. a: Face (Reynolds II.79.2)

   Fig. 2. b: Face (Reynolds VIII.14)

   Fig. 3. c: Face (Reynolds VIII.15)

   Fig. 4. c: Face (Reynolds II.79.1)