IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.170. Captions for mosaic panels

Description: Mosaic floor, of which three rows were fully and one partly uncovered (w: 5.50 x h: 6.50). Each panel (w: 1.00 x h: 1.00) is surrounded by borders filled with looped circles
Text: Mosaic lettering, above the figures in two panels; 1 above a figure of a man with a tiger; 2 is above a figure of a man with a leopard; 3 is above two figures of women.
Letters: Square letters; no dimensions

Date: Sixth century CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene, c. 5 km. south of Beida Gasr Bandes, in a ?church.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

1
Ὲίνδοϲ
2
Ὲίνδοϲ
3
[οἱ π]ροϲφέροντεϲ

Diplomatic

1
ΕΙΝΔΟϹ
2
ΕΙΝΔΟϹ
3
[...]ΡΟϹΦΕΡΟΝΤΕϹ

English translation

Translation source: Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003

(1): Indus

(2): Indus

(3): Those who make offerings

Commentary

1 and 2: Indus is presumably the description of a man, or men, meaning 'the Indian', whether used as an ethnic or as a personal name.

3: Probably the donors of the building or of the mosaic.

Bibliography: Mohamed-Reynolds, 2000, 4.b, 1492-4, whence SEG 50.1633; Reynolds-Ward-Perkins-Goodchild, 2003, 393.1, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 2004.455.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. 1 (Reynolds, SB.IV.212)