IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.480. Fragment

Description: Upper left-hand side of a medium-grained white marble stele with a greyish cast and stained brown (w: 0.111 x h: 0.199 x d: 0.06).
Text: Inscribed on face, which has a small crack across it about half-way down.
Letters: 0.015. Not datable.

Date: First century BCE - third century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: area F14/G14 Test, 2.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations (Inv. no. 78-109)

Interpretive

Ἱππ[---]

Diplomatic

ΙΠΠ[---]

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 2012

?Hipp- . . .

Commentary

Presumably the first syllable of the name or patronymic Hippias, Hippokrates, vel sim., either of the dedicator or of the person whose statue was dedicated.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.52, whence SEG 62.1795.24.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

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