IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.174. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb
Text: Inscribed within a rectangular panel (w: 0.93 x h: 0.23) above the door of one of the loculi
Letters: 0.06 and 0.04; L for ἐτῶν; perhaps Augustan

Date: Perhaps Augustan

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene: Gasr Barbùres : recorded in 1936.
Original location: Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot, 1936

Interpretive

Κόινθος Διοσκουρίδα (ἐτῶν) θ´

Diplomatic

ΚΟΙΝΘΟΣΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΑ L Θ

Italian translation

Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Quinto di Dioscoride, di anni 9.

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Quintus (scil. son) of Dioskurides aged 9 years.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 136, p. 128, pl. L, fig. 100 (drawing only) whence SEG 9.353, PHI 324202
Text constituted from: Transcription from photograph (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).