IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.226. Mile XV: Milestone of Hadrian

Description: Upper part of a limestone column. (h: 0.45 x diam.: 0.49).
Text: Inscribed on the shaft.
Letters: , line 1, 0.07; line 2, 0.045.

Date: CE 118-119

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene: Cyrene to Apollonia road, 350 m. east of the bridge (Ponte Latini) over the Wadi Bu Feri, and 150 m. south of the modern road, with M.227, M.228; found in 1959.
Original location: Cyrene to Apollonia Road, Mile 15.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

Imp(erator) Caes(ar) diui
Traiani Parthici f(ilius)
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Diplomatic

IMPCAESDIUI
TRAIANIPARTHICIF
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English translation

Imperator Caesar, son of deified Trajan Parthicus ------

Commentary

Presumably similar to C.246, M.223.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).