IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.314. Fragmentary imperial honours

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.55 x h: 0.29 x d: 0.64).
Text: Inscribed on one face which has been plastered over, presumably when the stone was re-used.
Letters: Second century: 0.14

Date: 138-160 CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: Village, by the seashore, re-used in an Italian building east of the Museum; found in 1968.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[Αὐτοκράτορα Καί]σαρα Τ̣[ίτον Αἴλιον Ἀντωνῖνον Εὐσεβῆ Σεβαστόν ---]

Diplomatic

[..............]ΣΑΡΑ.[.................................---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Emperor ] Caesar T[itus Aelius Antoninus Pius Augustus . . .

Commentary

Perhaps Antoninus Pius, emperor 138-160

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, IV.26)