Description: Limestone block (w:
1.00 x h:
0.27 x d:
0.47)
Text: Inscribed on one face broken at the right edge and damaged below.
Letters: Second century: 0.085
Date: 138-161 CE
Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Balagrae, reused in the wall of a late building
in the Theatre; found in 1956.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
To Iatros and Ias]o, [saviour] god[s: for the safety of Emperor Caesar Titus Ae]lius Hadria[nus Antoninus Augustus, Pious . . .
Commentary
The restoration we suggest is rather tentative; but the imposing lettering would suit a dedication for an emperor, and the surviving elements of the name suggest Antoninus Pius.
For other texts associating Iatros and Iaso see C.228,C.756, M.189, M.190, M.191, and Dobias-Lalou, 1993.
Line 1: As in M.189, line 1; but ἐπηκόοις is also possible as in M.190, line 4.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
