Description: A rock-cut chamber (B), whose walls are inscribed; on the east wall M.207,
M.208 and M.209; on the south M.210,
M.211,
M.212 and M.213; on the north wall M.214.
Text: Inscribed on the east wall, to the left of the central niche; M.208 inscribed below.
Letters: First-second century: square sigma
Date: First to second centuries CE
Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Wadi Bu Nabeh, Bu Darag.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
Italian translation
Translation source: Vitali, 1932
Tiberio Claudio Istro offerse il sacrificio agli dei.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Ti(berios) Klaudios (i.e. Ti(berius) Claudius) Istros gave the sacrifice for the gods.
Commentary
Vitali interprets as "all the gods". An earlier text from the sanctuary, IGCyr 518, is a dedication to 'the goddesses'.
Bibliography: Pacho, 1827, LXIV.2, with Letronne, p.395-6, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5149; Ferri, 1922, 7a, fig. 19, whence SEG 9.740, Vitali, 1932, 258; see also Ferri, 1923, 10f; mentioned Kenrick, 2013, 252
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXIV)
Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds IX.78)