Description: Fragment of a panel of medium-grained white marble
(w:
0.108 x h:
0.19 x d:
0.056). Stained brown, preserving a small stretch of the left edge and patches of mortar on the back.
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: 0.045; the right-hand strokes extend well above the junctions with the left-hand ones, and the serifs at the bases of all
strokes are exaggerated.
Date: Probably third century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: area D14/E14, 2, 2.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations
(Inv. no. 78-737)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
. . . ?distinguished (i.e. clarissimus) . . .
Commentary
If it is right to restore the title in line 2 this would appear to be a dedication by an official.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.44, whence SEG 62.1795.22.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).