Description: Fragment from a panel or
stele, probably of
marble.
Text: Inscribed just above the
lower edge on a badly worn surface.
Letters: Perhaps first to second century.
Date: Perhaps first to second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Sanctuary of Apollo; photographed in 1925/6 as from the
Sanctuary.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Sanctuary of Apollo (1925/6).
One of the last three letters, which are perhaps the beginning of a personal name, Δ might be Λ or even Α and Ο might be Σ.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Be well [ . . .
Commentary
Ὑγίαινε = Χαῖρε, vale, occurs on tombstones, cf. e.g. IGLS III, 946 (at PHI 243028. If this is a tombstone, its presence in the sanctuary needs explanation, unless it is of much later date than the letter-forms suggest, i.e. after the Sanctuary fell into disuse; it could perhaps have been re-used in one of the many reconstructions of the Sanctuary buildings
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from photograph (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (detail from Department of Antiquities, F.432)
Fig. 2. From left: C.411, C.399, C.403.c, IGCyr096660 (Department of Antiquities, F.432)