Description: Fragment of a limestone block broken above, below and at the left end, but possibly complete at the right
(w:
0.87 x h:
0.26 x d:
0.43).
Text: Inscribed on one exposed face.
The letters are very like those of C.44.a, but much more closely spaced.
Letters: Second century; truncated above: 0.20
Date: Second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Stoa of Hermes and Herakles, lying among debris,
near C.44.a; found in 1960
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Stoa of Hermes and Herakles.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
. . . ] ? victor in Adi[abene . . .
Commentary
The black was probably been re-used in the Byzantine city wall.
Perhaps from the titles of Septimius Severus or of Caracalla.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (1961, Joyce Reynolds, IV.76)