IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.85. Funerary inscription

Description: Lower right corner of a sandstone stele, with simple moulding at the bottom along the right side (w: 0.28 x h: 0.36 x d: 0.115).
Text: Inscribed on one face; above the inscription was a relief of a feature which included columns.
Letters: c. 0.02; lunate epsilon, lunate sigma.

Date: Perhaps second century CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene: Gariet Rdanu with M.82, M.83, M.84, M.86; found in 1966.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum.

Interpretive

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]να ἐτῶν
[---ε]ἴ̣κοϲι ( vac. 4)
[---] ( vac. )

Diplomatic

[ - - - - - - - - - - ]
[---]ΝΑΕΤΩΝ
[---.].ΚΟϹΙ        
[---]      

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . (scil. child) of -]nas, aged 20.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, SB.V.287)