IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.112. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.31 x h: 0.42).
Text: Incised on the face, i above ii above iii.
Letters: i, 0.055; ii, iii, 0.02; lunate epsilon and sigma in ii, lunate sigma in iii.

Date: Late first century BCE - early second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: East Gate, in situ in an internal wall of the South Tower; found in 1962.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
Δ̣ι̣ι̣φίλω̣ι
ii
Τε̣λέ[ϲ]αρχοϲ
iii
Ἡρακλείδαϲ

Diplomatic

i
...ΦΙΛ.Ι
ii
Τ.ΛΕ[.]ΑΡΧΟϹ
iii
ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΔΑϹ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i) . . . ] (scil. for/of) Diiphilos

(ii) Telesarchos

(iii) Herakleidas

Commentary

Line 1: the text may have begun on an upper block.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra II. 1.5.34A, NS.II.34)