IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.156. Name and date

Description: Part of a column drum.
Text: Inscribed on the drum
Letters: Clear firm lettering; superscript bars above numeral and abbreviation. No measurements

Date: Second century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: probably in the Street of the Monuments, upside down; photographed in 1935.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot (1935).

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ε´ Κλ(αύδιος) Ἀρίσ-
τιππος

Diplomatic

L ΕΚΛΑΡΙΣ
ΤΙΠΠΟΣ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 5: Kl(audios) (i.e. Cl(audius)) Aristippos

Commentary

This might be the record of a donor, or of an office-holder. The absence of praenomen and abbreviation of the nomen suggest a second century date.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from photograph (Reynolds).

Images

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