IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.379. Fragmentary dated record

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 an area of black mud, w: 0.50 x h: 0.25.
Letters: 0.30, lunate sigma, epsilon

Date: Second to early fourth century 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

ἐπὶ ἱερέω̣ϲ τοῦ
κτίϲτο[υ] Ἀπ̣ό[λλ]ονοϲ̣
Ἀντωνίου Εὐον[ύμου?---]
[c. 4]Μ[---]
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Diplomatic

ΕΠΙΙΕΡΕ.ϹΤΟΥ
ΚΤΙϹΤΟ[.]Α.Ο[..]ΟΝΟ.
ΑΝΤΩΝΙΟΥΕΥΟΝ[....---]
[····]Μ[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Editors

In the priesthood of the Founder Apollo of Antonios (i.e. Antonius) Euon[ymos . . .

Commentary

For commentary on this series see on C.336.

This is presumably the same priest as in C.378.

Bibliography: First mentioned in 1822, but not fully recorded until 1916. Oliverio, 1927a, 53, p.236, with a drawing, p.235, tav. VIII, 36, whence SEG 9.290, PHI 324139.
Text constituted from: From previous publications and drawings (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).