IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.252. Funerary inscription

Description: Tapered stele of brown limestone with a relief of a head above (w: 0.24-0.19 x h: 0.64 x d: 0.135-0.12).
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Carefully cut, with a ruler, probably first century CE; 0.025-0.03; L for ἐτῶν

Date: Probably first century CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene: Tart, near Limnias; found in 1961.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum. (Inv. no. 3009)

Interpretive

Θευτί-
μα Φιλ-
ίω (ἐτῶν) μ´

Diplomatic

ΘΕΥΤΙ
ΜΑΦΙΛ
ΙΩ L Μ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Theutima (scil. daughter) of Philios, aged 40.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Reynolds-Bacchielli, 1987 Catalogo 4 and fig. 44, whence SEG 37.1688.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. M.252 (C. Dobias-Lalou, 1982: MFA 82/III/21)