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C.514. Funerary inscriptions, one Christian, Tomb S.1

Description: Rock-cut tomb, with six loculi.
Text: Inscribed above Loculus 3, i above, ii below i, to the right, among further traces. IGCyr123200 is inscribed below the same entrance.
Letters: i: lunate sigma. ii: lunate epsilon

Date: i: Roman periodii: Late Antique

Findspot: Cyrene: South Necropolis (S.1, between S.3 and S.4); examined in 2000 by James and Dorothy Thorn.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

i
(ἔτους) υ´ καὶ ζ´ Πρωτόμαχοϲ
Ἀντιμάχου (ἐτῶν) κβ´
ii
Κ(ύρι)ε βοεί[θει]

Diplomatic

i
L ΥΚΑΙΖΠΡΩΤΟΜΑΧΟϹ
ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΥ L ΚΒ
ii
ΚΕΒΟΕΙ[...]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i): Year ?400, also (scil. regnal year) 7: Protomachos (scil. son) of Antimachos, aged 22. (i): Lord, help [ . ..

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003

(ii): Lord help [...

Commentary

If the numerals are correctly read, the year - 370/1 would be the seventh year of the reign of Valentinian and Valens.

Bibliography: i: Transcribed Thorn, 2009, 205. ii: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003, 177.11b, whence SEG 53.2040.12. For the tomb see Thorn, 2009, 205.
Text constituted from: i: Previous publication (Roueché); ii: Transcription (Reynolds)

Images

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