IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.695. Fragmentary name

Description: Fragment from the lower edge of an inscribed marble panel (c. 0.10 high).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Perhaps first century BCE; the second o about half the size of the rest.

Date: Perhaps first century BCE

Findspot: Cyrene: Findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Not seen; photographed in 1930; read from the photograph.

Interpretive

[--- L]ollio [---]

Diplomatic

[---.]OLLIO[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] for Lollius [ . . .

Commentary

Probably to be identified with one of the Lollii attested as Roman officials in Cyrenaica in the first century BCE. L.Lollius, DPRR LOLL2249 served as a legate under Pompey; L.Lollius Palicanus, DPRR LOLL2890 - served as a governor of Crete and Cyrene.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from the photograph (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: unidentified fragment, C.695, unidentfied fragment (Department of Antiquities, F 1727)