Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade within a number of sunk,
gabled panels, with M.87, M.88 and
M.89; all are very worn and others are illegible.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w:
0.27 x h:
0.36),
to the left of M.88.
Letters: 0.03 - 0.05.
Date: First century BCE to second century CE
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Gariet Rdanu, Quarry, West wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Eirena, aged 5
Commentary
Line 1: this is probably the age rather than the date; it could possibly read L ιε΄, aged 15.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).