Description: The greater part of a moulded marble
base, recomposed from four pieces
(together, w:
0.62 x h:
0.33 x d:
0.34), with texts on three faces. Front face,
C.51, C.52 and C.53;
left face, C.54;
reverse face, C.55 and C.56.
Text: Inscribed upside down to C.56.
Letters: Lightly cut but well-formed and well aligned letters, 0.015-0.03.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
House of Jason Magnus, precise findspot unrecorded, apparently to the East;
found before 1941.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
The reading is by Catherine Dobias-Lalou
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Triakatioi
Commentary
It is not clear whether the word is abbreviated, or unfinished: C.56 is written upside down to this. These are ephebic officials, and we might have expected a list of names to follow.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
