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C.6. Building inscription for repairs after the Jewish revolt

Description: Broken limestone block (w: 1.25 x h: 0.72 x d: 0.44).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century: c. 0.055.

Date: CE 116-120

Findspot: Cyrene: Caesareum: found before 1941, lying upside down on the wall in front of the South West porch.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---]m tumuḷṭu[---]

Diplomatic

[---]MTUMU..U[---]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . ] rebellion [ . . .

Commentary

Presumably another reference to destruction in the Jewish revolt of CE 115. The stone is perhaps part of C.7, but the association cannot be regarded as certain since the letters here are a little smaller.

Bibliography: Gasperini, 2007, fig. 2
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).