Description: Brown limestone
stele roughly shaped in the form of a naked human body with head but no arms or legs
(w:
0.285 x h:
0.52 x d:
0.10).
Text: Inscribed on the body.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.035; lunate forms, probably marked out using a compass; strongly marked guidelines.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Bu Gseir, near Farzugah
in front of a rock-cut chamber-tomb.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tocra Museum
(Inv. no. T/M/5)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Theudora (scil. daughter) of Aldamon, aged 65
Commentary
No comment (2020).
Bibliography: Reynolds-Bacchielli, 1987 Catalogo 37 and fig. 71, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1989.839, SEG 37.1723
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face
Fig. 2. View (strong light)
Fig. 3. Face (Reynolds, SB.V.278)