Description: Approximately half of a circular altar of marble, hollowed out in the centre.
Inscribed on two different occasions with C.611 and, subsequently, C.612.
Text: Inscribed on the drum, within the wreath
(0.11) with pendent ribbons. Τhe quality of the
lettering contrasts with the comparative elegance of the monument.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.015-0.025.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
North Necropolis, precise location unspecified; photographed in 1925.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum.
Italian translation
Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936
Damoroda, di anni 16
German translation
Translation source: Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983
Damo des Rhodas, 16 (Jahre)
English translation
Translation source: Thorn, 2009
Damoroda, aged 16
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Damo (scil. daughter) of Rhodas, aged 16.
Commentary
No comment (2020).
Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 113, pl. XXXII, fig. 69, whence SEG 9.225, PHI 324075; from these Applebaum, 1954, 341, whence mentioned SEG 17.821; from these Lüderitz-Reynolds, 1983 14.b, Thorn, 2009, 142
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).