IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.358. Fragmentary date

Description: Rock-cut channel, with multiple informal inscriptions, C.336 to C.392; some are traced in the mud that coats the walls of the channel, others have been modelled by attaching strips of clay or mud to the rock.
Text: Graffito on a smooth mud surface, w: 0.40 x h: 0.40.
Letters:

Date: Second to third centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Fountain of Apollo: rock-cut channel behind the fountain; first described in 1822, but not fully recorded until 1916.
Original location: Fountain of Apollo.
Last recorded location: Fountain of Apollo; no longer accessible.

Interpretive

ἐπ’ [ἱ]ερ[έως] Μα[---]
[---]ΝΟ[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[--- εἰσῆ?]λθ̣[εν? ---]

Diplomatic

ΕΠ[.]ΕΡ[...]ΜΑ[---]
[---]ΝΟ[---]
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---....]Λ.[..---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

In the priesthood of Ma[- . . . ] ? entered [ . . .

Commentary

For commentary on this series see on C.336.

Bibliography: First mentioned in 1822, but not fully recorded until 1916. Oliverio, 1927a, 33, p.226, with a drawing, p.229, tav. V, 16, whence SEG 9.272, PHI 324121.
Text constituted from: From previous publications, drawings and photographs (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).