IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.356. Ephebic? graffito

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.92 x h: 0.57 x d: 0.39 )
Text: Inscribed on one face
Letters: 0.11-0.13

Date: CE 63

Findspot: Ptolemais: original findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Probably deriving originally from the Gymnasium, see on P.35
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

ΙΙ (ἔτους) ι´
Νέρ⟦ων⟧-
οϲ Αἰά-
λαν

Diplomatic

ΙΙ L Ι
ΝΕΡ⟦ΩΝ⟧
ΟϹΑΙΑ
ΛΑΝ

Apparatus

2: The initial N is partly erased, ων completely so.

English translation

Translation by: Editors

In year 10 of Nero's reign, Aialan

Commentary

Year 10 of the reign of Nero - CE 63. For discussion see on P.1.

Bibliography: Mentioned Reynolds, 1990, 66, note 4
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds XIII.30)

   Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds Tolmeita IV.19, NS.XVII.19)