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M.168. Funerary inscription

Description: Limestone block (w: 0.85 x h: 0.32).
Text: Inscribed on the exposed face.
Letters: Freehand; 0.15. L for ἔτους

Date: 98 CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene: Gasr el Hameira ? (Hemrat): re-used as a lintel on the inside of the west wall. Found in 1970.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

(ἔτους) α̣´ Τρα̣[ιανοῦ]

Diplomatic

.ΤΡ.[.....]

Apparatus

Possibly Λ, year 30, in which case the name of Trajan would be incorrect

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Year 1 of Tra[jan . . .

Commentary

If the numeral is correctly read as Α, 1, it is tempting to restore as here, giving the date CE 98.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).