IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.42. i: ?Christian text; ii: ?Date

Description: Inscribed limestone stele.
Text: Inscribed on two faces. i) on the face, above and to the right of uninterpretable graffiti; ii) on the top.
Letters: Ave. 0.04, very rough; lunate sigma, possibly L for ἔτους.

Date: i: Fourth - sixth century CE; ii: First century BCE - third century CE

Findspot: South of Berenike: in a disused Arab cemetery at Bir Shathan c.20 km south of Corniclanum/Ajdabia; found in 1972.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
Α ( vac. 3) ((crux))ϹϹΑΔΣ̣
ΛΔϹΡ ( vac. 3) Α
ii
(ἔτουϲ) α´

Diplomatic

i
Α       ϹϹΑΔ.
ΛΔϹΡ      Α
ii
L Α

Apparatus

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

i: (Not usefully translatable). ii: Year 1

Commentary

These graffiti are hardly the work of men literate in Greek; since they seem to have drawn on the Greek alphabet it has seemed best to include them; but their date is entirely unknown.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).