Description: Fragment of a marble panel (w:
0.15 x h:
0.08 x d:
0.02)
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Probably second century CE: 0.05, heavily rubricated, apparently by a maodern hand with a red pencil.
Date: Probably second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
found before 1941; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, 1977
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(A reference to safety, or a saviour)
Commentary
Probably from an imperial dedication for the safety of an emperor - ὑπὲρ] σωτ[ηρίας ...] or for an emperor as saviour [...]σωτ[ήρ...]; but a dedication to a god as σωτήρ is also possible.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. From left: C.675, C.684, C.676, C.690; behind these, from left, IGCyr 019700, and IGCyr 123800