IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.668. Fragmentary list? of ?priestesses

Description: Two adjoining fragments from the left end of the upper moulding of a marble panel; it was later worked at the back and at the sides (w: 0.18 x h: 0.55 x d: 0.06).
Text: Inscribed on one face, on the upper rim (line 1) and below.
Letters: Augustan to first century CE: 0.015.

Date: Augustan to first century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: found before 1941; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum.

Interpretive

( vac. 4) Ἐπαγὼ [---]
Ἐ̣παγὼ Καρνή[δα ---]
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Diplomatic

        ΕΠΑΓΩ[---]
.ΠΑΓΩΚΑΡΝΗ[..---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Epago [ . . . ], Epago (scil. daughter) of Karne[ades . . .

Commentary

The text may be from a list of priestesses of Artemis or Hera.

Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 179.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum; Reynolds VIII.77)

   Fig. 2. Face (E. Alföldi-Rosenbaum; Reynolds VIII.78)