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C.527. Funerary inscription, Tomb S.255

Description: Rock-cut tomb, inscribed on the internal walls with C.520, C.521, C.522, C.523, C.524, C.525, C.526, C.527, C.528, C.529. The burial places are mostly vaults for inhumation, but with some niches for cinerary urns.
Text: Inscribed above and to the right of the second door in the East wall.
Letters: Perhaps first century CE, 0.07-0.12; lunate epsilon, cursive omega.

Date: Perhaps first century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: South Necropolis, S.255.
Original location: South Necropolis, S.255.
Last recorded location: South Necropolis, S.255.

Interpretive

Νικήφωρ
ΘΕ

Diplomatic

ΝΙΚΗΦΩΡ
ΘΕ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Nikephor

Commentary

l.2 The significance is obscure; Chrerstich reported ΔΕ, followed by an erasure.

Bibliography: For the tomb, Cassels, 1955, S.255, Thorn, 2009, 248, with transcription.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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