IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.681. Imperial honours

Description: Fragment from the left side of a marble panel (w: 0.09 x h: 0.12 x d: 0.02).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Influenced by cursive forms, probably third century CE or later: 0.04-0.06.

Date: Probably third century CE or later.

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

Interpretive

( vac. 1) Im[p](erator) [---]
Imp(erator) [---]
[------]

Diplomatic

  IM[.---]
IMP[---]
[------]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Emperor [ . . . ] Emperor [ . . .

Commentary

Two contemporary emperors appear to be mentioned, and the layout perhaps suggests that one was son of the other.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Fragment

   Fig. 2. Face (Joyce Reynolds, I, 31)