IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.238. Honours? for an empress

Description: Fragment from the lower part of a greyish marble base base with the lower moulding preserved, broken off on all other sides (w: 0.42 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.33).
Text: Inscribed on a semi-dressed surface; an earlier inscription may have been erased.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.03.

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Shrine of Serapis; photographed in 1925.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Byzantine Baths (1982)

Interpretive

[---] Σ̣εβαστή̣ [---]

Diplomatic

[---].ΕΒΑΣΤ.[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] Augusta [ . . .

Commentary

An earlier inscription may have been erased. Probably Livia, after 14 CE, see also C.272, C.499; but the word could also have been used as the title of a goddess or as an adjective applied to some feminine object or building connected with the imperial house (cf. the ὕδωρ σεβαστόν, C.322).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Read from the photograph (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Above C.238; below IGCyr019500 (Department of Antiquities, F. 473)