Description: Plain stele of greyish limestone, very slightly tapered towards the top
(w:
0.38-0.36 x h:
0.66 x d:
0.095), inscribed on one face.
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Roughly cut; line 1, 0.04; line 2, 0.05; lines3,4, 0.08, lunate sigma, L for ἐτῶν.
Date: First - third century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Necropolis, precise location unspecified; found
between 1972 and 1974.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Seida, (scil. child) of Polyarchos, aged 60.
Commentary
Line 1: The name is unparalleled and possibly misread; perhaps a native name, but the patronymic is Greek.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).