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C.764. Fragmentary list of names

Description: Fragment of a marble panel (w: 0.05 x h: 0.09 x d: 0.03).
Text: Inscribed on one face. In line 4 the letters are more widely spaced than in the preceding lines, suggesting a short name.
Letters: Augustan - first century CE: 0.008.

Date: Augustan to first century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: found before 1935, findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Not rediscovered.

Interpretive

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[---]μαχ[ω]
[--- Ἀρ]ταφάντ̣[ος]
[--- Ἀ]ριστωνύμ[ω]
[--- Ἀ]ρίστα [ ( vac. 3)?]
5[---]Σ̣[---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]ΜΑΧ[.]
[---..]ΤΑΦΑΝ.[..]
[---.]ΡΙΣΤΩΝΥΜ[.]
[---.]ΡΙΣΤΑ[...]
5[---].[---]
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4: . . . Ἀ]ριστα[ . . . SECir, 1961-1962
5: Line omitted SECir, 1961-1962

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

[ . . (scil. child) of -]machos; [ . . (scil. child)] of Artaphan; [ . . (scil. child)] of Aristonymos; [ . . (scil. child)] of Aristas; [ . . .

Commentary

A list of names, of which only patronymics survive, as shown by the genitive case indicated in line 2. The letter size suggests that they may be ephebes rather than priests/priestesses or other officials.

Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 21 p. 236, fig. 20 (from T. X 44).
Text constituted from: Transcription from photograph (Reynolds).

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