IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.336. Dedication

Description: Fragment of a limestone base (w: 0.44 x h: 0.19 x d: 0.32).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: First century BCE - Augustan: 0.035.

Date: First century BCE - Augustan

Findspot: Ptolemais: original findspot unrecorded; found before 1941.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

[--- Π]ε̣ρίανδρος Β[c. 6]
( vac. 1 line)
[c. 4]λιας Περιάν[δρου?]
[( vac. 4)?] ἀνέθηκεν [( vac. 4)?]

Diplomatic

[---.].ΡΙΑΝΔΡΟΣΒ[······]
     vacat
[····]ΛΙΑΣΠΕΡΙΑΝ[....]
[....]ΑΝΕΘΗΚΕΝ[....]

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Periandros B[- . . . -]lias (scil. son) of Periandros [ . ? . ] set up (scil. the monument).

Commentary

Line 1: The name in the nominative suggests that this accompanied a statue of Periandros, set up by his son.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita II. 4)

   Fig. 2. Monument (Joyce Reynolds, Tolmeita IV.27, NS.XVII.27)