Description: Wall block of limestone.
Text: Inscribed within an incised rectangular border; the surface is very woen in places
Letters: Second to third century : lightly scratched and irregular; lunate sigma, cursive omega.
Date: Second to third century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
probably North Necropolis, in or near the Tomb of the Mnesarchoi, N.171;
found 11 September 1934.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Not seen. Read from the photograph.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
In the priesthood of the founder god Apollo of -nios (scil. son) of Mnesarchos [ . . .
Commentary
The priest is probably described by his patronymic; but it is also possible that he had a Roman nomen, Anto]nios Mnesarchos. The name occurs several times in the tomb, but only here in the koine form.
Bibliography: For the tomb see Cassels, 1955, 171, Thorn, 2009, 65-69
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Text (1934 September 11, Department of Antiquities, F 2616)