IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.303. Dedication

Description: Limestone stele or pilaster top, moulded above.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: First century CE; very irregular.

Date: CE 19

Findspot: Cyrene: Temple of Isis, to the south; found in 1926.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Temple of Isis (1926).

Interpretive

(ἔτους) θμ´ Μεχεὶ-
ρ κη´ ἐπὶ
Θεο-
χρήστο-
5υ

Diplomatic

L ΘΜΜΕΧΕΙ
ΡΚΗΕΠΙ
ΘΕΟ
ΧΡΗΣΤΟ
5Υ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 49, Mecheir 28: in the time of Theochrestos.

Commentary

All details are taken from Oliverio.

Line 2: 49 of the Actian Era Mecheir 28 (= CE 19, February 22); presumably the date of the dedication.

Line 3: probably the eponymous priest of Apollo.

Bibliography: Oliverio, 1928, 16, p. 333, fig. 22, whence SEG 9.246, PHI 324096.
Text constituted from: Read from the photograph. (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, F. 785)