IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.724. Fragments

Description: Seven fragments probably from the same moulded marble panel. (a. w: 0.07 x h: 0.15 x d: 0.025; b. w: 0.09 x h: 0.09; d. w: 0.08 x h: 0.085; e. w: 0.09 x h: 0.08 x d: 0.025; f perhaps with bottom edge; g. Two adjoining fragmentss w: 0.09 x h: 0.9).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Perhaps third century; 0.09; lunate sigma, cursive omega.

Date: Perhaps second century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Photographed in 1930/1 (f read from the photograph), findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: nos. a, b, c, d, e in Cyrene Museum: f not seen.

Interpretive

a
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[---]Μ̣Ω[---]
[---]Υ̣Λ̣Ι[---]
------
b
------
[---]ι̣ανο̣[---]
------
c
[---]ΑϹ[---]
d
[---]Ε̣Χ̣Ο̣[---]
[---]Ο̣ΙΙ̣[---]
e
[---]ΑΙ[---]
[---]ϹΑ[---]
------
f
[---]Ι̣Ι̣[---]
[---]Ϲ̣ΟΝΤΟ̣[---]
g
[---]Ο̣Λ̣[---]
[---]ΑϹΙ̣[---]
h
[---]Ο̣Ι̣[---]
[---]Λ̣Ϲ̣(ἔτους)[---]
i
------
[---]Ο̣[---]
------
j
------
[---]Ν̣[---]
------
k
------
[---]Λ̣Ο̣Ι̣[---]
------

Diplomatic

a
------
[---][---]
[---]..Ι[---]
------
b
------
[---].ΑΝ.[---]
------
c
[---]ΑϹ[---]
d
[---]...[---]
[---].Ι.[---]
e
[---]ΑΙ[---]
[---]ϹΑ[---]
------
f
[---]..[---]
[---].ΟΝΤ.[---]
g
[---]..[---]
[---]ΑϹ.[---]
h
[---]..[---]
[---]...[---]
i
------
[---].[---]
------
j
------
[---].[---]
------
k
------
[---]...[---]
------

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

C.678 might be another fragment

It may be that some of this text was in Latin: so perhaps h, where the lower part of an angular letter is difficult to intrepret.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Fragments a, h, i, j (Department of Antiquities, 3495-1660)

   Fig. 2. From left: Fragments k, b, f, c. (Department of Antiquities, 3473-1638)