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M.176. Funerary inscription

Description: Upper left corner of an inscribed limestone stele (w: 0.24 x h: 0.37 x d: 0.14).
Text: Inscribed on the frame (a) and on the field (b).
Letters: 0.013-0.015; L for ἔτους.

Date: 98/99 CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene: south of Balagrae, Wadi el Gehia, cut into the bank of the Wadi; Found in 1991, in a tomb which also contains M.175.
Original location: ?Findspot
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

a
(ἔτους) ρκθ´, ἐπ̣[ὶ ἱαρέως ...], Ἐπιφὶ η´ [---]
b
Ο [---]
[------]

Diplomatic

a
L ΡΚΘΕ.[.......···]ΕΠΙΦΙΗ[---]
b
Ο[---]
[------]

English translation

Translation source: Mohamed-Reynolds, 2002

(a). Year 129, in the priesthood of [ . . . ], Epiphi 8.

(b). (Not usefully translatable)

French translation

Translation source: AE

(a): L'an 129, sous la prêtrise de..., le 8 d'Epeiphi.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Mohamed-Reynolds, 2002, 2, whence SEG 52. 1842, AE 2002.1647
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).