IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.574. Captions for wall-paintings, Tomb N.173

Description: A painted mural frieze with mythological figures.
Text: Painted beside several of the figures.
Letters: No measurements

Date: Second to third centuries.

Findspot: Cyrene: North Necropolis, painted on the interior of tomb N.173.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
Ψυχή
ii
Λήδα
iii
Ἀκταίων
iv
Ἄδ[ωνις?]
v
[Μοῖρ]αι
vi
[Γανυμ?]ήδ[ης]

Diplomatic

i
ΨΥΧΗ
ii
ΛΗΔΑ
iii
ΑΚΤΑΙΩΝ
iv
ΑΔ[....]
v
[....]ΑΙ
vi
[.....]ΗΔ[..]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

i: Psyche. ii: Leda; iii: Akteon; iv: Adonis; v: The Fates; vi: Ganymede.

Commentary

The tomb, originally Hellenistic, was renovated and decorated by the retired soldier Ammonius (C.573).

Bibliography: Santucci, 2010, 279-292, whence SEG 60.1840; discussed Cinalli, 2016, 188-190, figs. 9.3, 9.4. For the tomb see Cassels, 1955 N.173, Thorn, 2009, 69-70
Text constituted from: From publications (Roueché).

Images

None available (2020).


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