IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.81. Ephebic names

Description: Marble base with writing on five faces and reliefs on two (w: 0.62 x h: 0.62 x d: 0.355). On the front is a relief of a man driving a quadriga, and, on the left face, of a boy leading a horse; inscribed on the front face with C.76, C.77, C.78, C.79, C.80, C.81, on the left face with C.82, on the right with C.84, on the top with C.85, on the reverse with C.83. A large square hole has been cut in the back which was only semi-dressed.
Text: Graffito on the rim below the relief.
Letters: Standard sigma.

Date: First - second century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: House of Hesychios. Found in 1934.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum

Interpretive

Νικόδαμος Φιλώτα ΙΣΜΕ
Διονύσιος
Ἀπολ[---]

Diplomatic

ΝΙΚΟΔΑΜΟΣΦΙΛΩΤΑΙΣΜΕ
ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ
ΑΠΟΛ[---]

Apparatus

2: Δίων? Διοκλῆς Λ SECir, 1961-1962
3: L Λ Ἀπολονί(ου or δα) SECir, 1961-1962

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Nikodamos (scil. son) of Philotas; Dionysios Apol-

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 164.a and fig. 129 (from T. VI 1ff).
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Front face, with C.76, C.77, C.78, C.79, C.80 and C.81 (Department of Antiquities, D.587)