IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

M.90. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb, inscribed on the façade.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w: 0.27 x h: 0.41).
Letters: 0.05-0.055; lunate epsilon, cursive omega.

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.

Interpretive

Ἄρθα
Μ̣ [..]
Ἀμω-
νίω
5ἐτῶν
γ̣ν̣´

Diplomatic

ΑΡΘΑ
.[··]
ΑΜΩ
ΝΙΩ
5ΕΤΩΝ
..

2: It is unclear whether there are letters here, but if so we might have the name Αρθα|μ[ων

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Artha (scil. daughter) of Ammonios, aged 53.

Commentary

Line 1: The name is not attested elsewhere

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. View (1969, Reynolds NS.I.21)