Description: Cylindrical marble base, broken away above, with traces of upper moulding
(h:
0.64 x diam.:
0.51).
Text: Inscribed on the drum, clear and well-spaced lines
Letters: Probably first century CE; superscript bar above abbreviated name.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Fountain Terrace; found during excavation in 1934.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Beside the Grotto of the Priests.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Ti(berios) K[laudios] (i.e. Ti(berius) C[laudius]) Phaos Titianos (i.e. Titianus), serving as priest (scil. ?erected this)
Commentary
The layout makes it highly probable that line 1 should be completed K[λαύδιος] and that nothing is lost at the end of lines 2 or 3.
Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 125 p.292 (from T. VI 58)
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. View of the stone (1934, August 24, Department of Antiquities, F. 2552)