Description: Left side of a block of limestone, with simple moulding above,
(w:
0.66 x h:
0.51 x d:
0.19).
Text: Inscribed on one face, along the lower edge; the text could have continued on blocks to the left and/or below.
Letters: First century CE, showing rustic influence; 0.045.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene: findspot unrecorded. Photographed
in 1931.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Editors
While living he made (scil. the tomb), the heir, Eruceus Tri[-
Commentary
Almost certainly from a tomb.
There does not appear to be space for the h of heres; for eres see e.g. CIL VI, 31846, available at EDH 000144.
The name does appear to be Eruceus - presumably for Erucius
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, F. 1835