Description: Forty-one fragments of medium-grained white marble panel: a, composed from three of these
(w:
0.365 x h:
0.06 x d:
0.075); b is on a fourth piece preserved from the lower right-hand corner
(w:
0.10 x h:
0.10 x d:
0.08).
Text: Inscribed on the face
Letters: Perhaps third century CE; 0.025 reversed nu, square sigma.
Date: Perhaps third century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: excavation area C14/D14, 2, 2.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations
(Inv. no. 77-731)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
. . . ? Demeter . . . ? for prudence . . .
Commentary
a. It is just possible that line 1 read τὰν Δάματραν but very uncertain. If the suggestion for line 2 is correct, someone (probably a woman) is being praised for possession of standard good qualities.
b: Perhaps the end of a, line 2.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.45, whence SEG 62.1795.23.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).