IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

P.393. ?Ephebic inscription

Description: Fragment, probably from the bottom of a marble panel (w: 0.18 x h: 0.16 x d: 0.02).
Text: inscribed on one face within an area defined by an incised line (w: 0.12 x h: 0.16).
Letters: 0.015; an incised palm branch concludes the text.

Date: First - third century CE

Findspot: Ptolemais: original findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tolmeita Museum

Interpretive

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[.. ? ..]ΟΥ
[.. ? ..]ι̣ανοῦ
[...]Α Βειβια-
νὸς Νεικη-
5φόρος φί-
λοι ((palm))

Diplomatic

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[.. ? ..]ΟΥ
[.. ? ..].ΑΝΟΥ
[···]ΑΒΕΙΒΙΑ
ΝΟΣΝΕΙΚΗ
5ΦΟΡΟΣΦΙ
ΛΟΙ palm

Apparatus

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . .x and ] Beibianos (i.e. Vivianus) Nikephoros, friends.

Commentary

The reference to friends suggests an ephebic text: see on P.9, and the very similar P.90. The palm may be a reference to victory in ephebic contests; see on P.167.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Tolmeita II.27)