IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.487. Fragment

Description: Small piece from either top or bottom of cream-coloured limestone block or panel (w: 0.155 x h: 0.27 x d: 0.12). Stained brown and pitted, with some encrustation.
Text: Inscribed on face.
Letters: 0.040; undatable.

Date: First century BCE - third century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: area F15, 1, 1.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations (Inv. no. 78-552)

Interpretive

Χ

(possibly)


ΧΧ

Diplomatic

Χ

(possibly)


ΧΧ

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 2012

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

Presumably a quarry or mason’s mark.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.59.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

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