IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.671. Fragmentary imperial ?honours

Description: Two adjoining fragments of a marble panel (together, w: 0.27 x h: 0.11 x d: 0.025).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Probably first to second centuries CE : 0.085; traces of rubrication

Date: Probably first to second centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: photographed in 1930/1; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum.

Interpretive

[---]s Aug̣[(ust)---]
[---]Ṿ[e?]ṣ[pasian---]
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Diplomatic

[---]SAU.[---]
[---].[.].[......---]
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English translation

Translation by: Editors

Augustus . . . Ves[pasian- (case unknown)

Commentary

Line 2: The tops of the letters are just visible; if they are correctly read, the subject was probably a member of the Flavian house.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).