Description: Brown limestone stele, roughly cut and shapped; tapering to a triangle
which concludes in forked finials (w:
90.28 at base x h:
0.495 x d:
0.18).
Text: Inscribed on one face within a sunk panel (w:
0.18 - 0.115 x h:
0.20).
whose surface is in poor condition; there is an incised palm-branch in the upper triangle, and two on either side of the panel.
An incised circle on the lower rim
is probably intended for a wreath.
Letters: First century: 0.02-0.025; lunate sigma, omega not well cut. Roughly cut and poorly aligned.
Date: CE 96/97
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene:
Umm Heneia:
found in 1963 on the upper Plateau.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum.
English translation
Translation source: Reynolds, 1983
Year 117: Marin (scil. daughter) of Sodamos, aged 40.
Commentary
Line 2-3: the name is probably Jewish.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 1983, 3, whence SEG 33.1372 (PHI 324556).
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).