Description: Marble ?base.
Text: Inscribed on one face
Letters: First century CE; ornate lambda
Date: CE 14-29
Findspot:
Cyrene:
very probably the extra-mural Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore;
said to have been found in 1848 in the "East Cemetery"
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Findspot (1848).
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
The Cyrenaeans (scil. honoured) Julia Augusta
Commentary
Presumably from one of the several extra-mural temples in or on the slopes of the Wadi Bel Ghadir.
This is Livia after Augustus’ death in CE14 when she became Julia, and probably before her own death in 29 CE.
The possibility that it was once erected in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore is a little enhanced by the discovery of a dedication for Octavia there, C.453 (although the dates of the two inscriptions may be quite far apart).
Bibliography: Letronne-Bourville, 1848, III, and Vattier de Bourville, 1850, 584, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5136b, p.1240, CIL, 8b, SGDI, 4851, IGRR, I.1033; from all these Reynolds, 2012, B.7.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).