IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.381. 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 a smoothed area of clay, w: 0.50 x h: 0.35.
Letters:

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 ἱερέως τοῦ κτίσ-
του Ἀπόλωνος
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[.] Ν [c. 8]ΠΡΟ
[---] ΡΟ [---] ΟΥ

Diplomatic

ΕΠΙΙΕΡΕΩΣΤΟΥΚΤΙΣ
ΤΟΥΑΠΟΛΩΝΟΣ
[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[·]Ν[········]ΠΡΟ
[---]ΡΟ[---]ΟΥ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

In the priesthood of the founder Apollo of ? [ . . .

Commentary

For commentary on this series see on C.336.

Bibliography: First mentioned in 1822, but not fully recorded until 1916. Oliverio, 1927a, 55, p.236, with a photograph, pl. XXXVI, fig. 14, whence SEG 9.292, PHI 324141.
Text constituted from: From previous publications and photographs (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).