Description: Fragment from the left side of an inscribed panel or stele (w:
0.18 x h:
0.06).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century: 0.02.
Date: 97-117 CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
photographed in 1932; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Not rediscovered.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] For [the victory of Emper]or [?Nerva Trajan] Caes[ar Augustus] Ger[manicus] son [?of deified Nerva . . .
Commentary
Perhaps from a dedication to a god or goddess; possibly following a Latin version of a bilingual text, since line 2 is a normal opening formula, and the letter in line 1 could be Greek..
Line 3: Probably Trajan, Germanicus from 97.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from the photograph (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, F. 2242)