Description: Brown limestone stele, tapering a little towards the top,
reconstructed from several pieces
(w:
0.685-0.62 x h:
1.83 x d:
0.42).
Fragment c: from the right side of the stele
(w:
0.53 x h:
0.41 x d:
0.06).
Text: Inscribed on three sides. The stone is of poor quality and the inequalities of the stone which made cutting difficult
or impossible in many places have imposed an odd layout. a: The front face, very badly worn.
b: The reverse face, on a prepared surface, which is considerably worn. c. The left side of the stele.
Letters: a: Average 0.04. c. Average 0.045-0.05. b: Average 0.04; ΟΣ at the of line 4 and Σ at the end of line 8 distinctly smaller;
superscript bar above the figure line 7.
Date: CE 53
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene
Beit Tamer:
found in 1952.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
Interpretive
a
[Ti(berius) Claudius]
C̣aesa[r Augustus]
Geṛ[manicus]
- - - - - - - - - -
5per L(ucium) Ac[ili]um Str[a-]
bọnem ḷ[e]g̣ạṭuṃ suum p̣ṛaeḍịạ [a] p̣ṛịụạṭịṣ
poss( vac. 1)es[sa P(opulo) R(omano)] res( vac. 1)ti-
( vac. 3)tuit ( vac. 3) b
[Τι(βέριος)] Κλαύδιος ( vac. 1)
[ ( vac. 1)? Κ]α̣ῖσαρ Σεβαστὸς
[ ( vac. 3)?] Γερμαν[ι]κὸς ( vac. 1)
[ ( vac. 3)? ἀρχ]ι̣ερεὺς μέγιστος
5 ( vac. 1) δημ̣α̣ρ[χικῆ]ς ἐξου-
σ[ία]ς τὸ ι̣γ̣´ Α̣ὐ̣τοκρά-
τ̣[ω]ρ̣ τὸ κζ´ π̣ατ̣[ὴρ]
πα̣τρ( vac. 1)ίδος τιμητὴς
[ ( vac. 3)? ὕπα]τ̣ος [τὸ ε´ ]
10 διὰ Λ(ευκὶου) Ἀκ̣[ιλίο]υ ( vac. 1)
Σ̣τ̣ρ̣ά̣β̣ - ( vac. 5)
ω̣ν̣ο̣ς̣ τοῦ ( vac. 3)
ἰδίου πρεσβε̣υ̣τοῦ
χωρία ὑπὸ ἰδιωτῶν ( vac. 1)
15 ( vac. 1) κατεχόμενα Δήμῳ
( vac. 1) Ῥωμαίων ἀπο- ( vac. 3)
( vac. 1)κατέστησε ( vac. 3) c
------
[---] Kλαύδι̣ος [---]
[Κ]αῖσα[ρ] Σεβαστὸς
[Γ]ερμ[ανι]κὸς
[...] ἀρχ( vac. 1)ιερεὺς μέγιστος
5[...] δ̣η̣μαρχ̣[ικ]ῆ̣ς ἐξου-
[...]σ[ία]ς τὸ η̣´ Αὐτοκρά-
[τωρ] τὸ κζ´ πατ̣[ὴρ]
[πατρ]ίδος τιμητὴς
[ὕπατ]ος [τὸ ε´ ]
( vac. 1 line)
10 διὰ Λ(ευκὶου) Ἀκ̣[ιλίου]
( vac. 1 line)
[Στράβωνο]ς τοῦ
( vac. 1 line)
ἰδίου π̣ρ̣ε̣σβ̣ε̣[υτ]οῦ
ΧΟΜ̣ [---] Ο
ΕΝΑΛ̣Ω
15ΟΚΑ
κατέστησεν̣
Diplomatic
a
[...........]
.AESA[.........]
GE.[.......]
- - - - - - - - - -
5PERLAC[...]UMSTR[.-]
B.NEM.[.]...U.SUUM..AE...[.]........
POSS ES[.....]RES TI
TUIT b
[...]ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΣ
[..].ΙΣΑΡΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
[...]ΓΕΡΜΑΝ[.]ΚΟΣ
[......].ΕΡΕΥΣΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΣ
5 ΔΗ..Ρ[....]ΣΕΞΟΥ
Σ[..]ΣΤΟ....ΤΟΚΡΑ
.[.].ΤΟΚΖ.Α.[..]
Π.ΤΡ ΙΔΟΣΤΙΜΗΤΗΣ
[......].ΟΣ[...]
10ΔΙΑΛΑ.[....]Υ
.....-
....ΤΟΥ
ΙΔΙΟΥΠΡΕΣΒ..ΤΟΥ
ΧΩΡΙΑΥΠΟΙΔΙΩΤΩΝ
15 ΚΑΤΕΧΟΜΕΝΑΔΗΜΩ
ΡΩΜΑΙΩΝΑΠΟ-
ΚΑΤΕΣΤΗΣΕ c
------
[---]KΛΑΥΔ.ΟΣ[---]
[.]ΑΙΣΑ[.]ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
[.]ΕΡΜ[...]ΚΟΣ
[···]ΑΡΧ ΙΕΡΕΥΣΜΕΓΙΣΤΟΣ
5[···]..ΜΑΡ.[..].ΣΕΞΟΥ
[···]Σ[..]ΣΤΟ.ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ
[...]ΤΟΚΖΠΑ.[..]
[....]ΙΔΟΣΤΙΜΗΤΗΣ
[....]ΟΣ[...]
vacat
10ΔΙΑΛΑ.[.....]
vacat
[........]ΣΤΟΥ
vacat
ΙΔΙΟΥ...Σ..[..]ΟΥ
ΧΟ.[---]Ο
ΕΝΑ.Ω
15ΟΚΑ
ΚΑΤΕΣΤΗΣΕ.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Latin): [Ti(berius)] Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power for the thirteenth time, acclaimed imperator for the twenty-seventh time, father of the fatherland,
censor, consul [for the fifth time]; by the action of L(ucius) Ac[ili]us Strabo, his personal envoy, he restored [to the Roman People] properties which had been
occupied by private persons.
(Greek: face b): [Ti(berius) Claudius] Caesar [Augustus] Germanicus, high priest (i.e. pontifex maximus), holding tribunician power for the thirteenth time, acclaimed imperator for the twenty-seventh time, father of the fatherland, censor consi=ul [for the fifth time]; by the action of L(ucius) Ac[iliu]s Strabo, his personal
envoy, he restored to the Roman People properties which had been occupied by private persons.
(Greek: face c): [Ti(berius)] Claudius Caesar [Augustus] Ger[manicus high priest (i.e. pontifex maximus), holding tribunician power for the eighth time, acclaimed imperator for the twenty-seventh time, father of the fatherland, censor [ . . . ]; by the action of L(ucius) Ac[iliu]s Strabo, his personal envoy, he restored
[ . .]
Bibliography: Faces b and a: Reynolds, 1971c, 1, whence (a)AE 1974.682, andEDH HD011697, whence also SEG 26.1819, whence PHI 324714.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face b, at the time of discovery, with fragments of upper left corner missing
Fig. 2. Face b (Department of Antiquities, F 4661)
Fig. 3. Face b