Description: Two fragments of a white marble relief
showing two boys;
a related fragment (c) shows that one was holding
a pigeon for which a dog is jumping. a (to the left): w:
0.12 x h:
0.10 x d:
0.04; b: to the right: w:
0.50 x h:
0.22 x d:
0.13
Text: Inscribed on the face, below the relief.
Letters: 0.016-0.02; perhaps first century CE
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
South Necropolis;
?sanctuary of Ammon between Baggara and the
south end of the Wadi el Aish, in a garden.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
(Inv. no. a: 4677)
English translation
Translation source: Mohamed-Reynolds-Dobias-Lalou, 2007
Theuchr[estos].
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] the (scil. sons) of Theuchrestos
Commentary
The new fragment, read by Catherine Dobias-Lalou, gives the beginning of the line, and makes it clear that Theuchrestos is not the donor, (as assumed in 2007) but the father of the boys depicted in the relief.
Bibliography: Mohamed-Reynolds-Dobias-Lalou, 2007, 8, p. 34 and plate 12, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 2008.603, SEG 57.2016
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, SB.III.127)