IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.203. Ephebic names

Description: Two sandstone blocks: 1, to the left, w: 0.76 x h: 0.57, 2, to the right, w: 0.50 x h: 0.40, in the City Wall, in a group which comprises T.192, T.193, T.194, T.195, T.196, T.197, T.198, T.199, T.200, T.201, T.202, T.203, T.204, T.205, T.206, T.207, T.208, T.209, T.210, T.211.
Text: Incised on the face.
Letters: 1. i, ii, 0.10; iii, 0.07; lunate omega in i; slanting stroke for patronymic in i; 2, 0.16

Date: 1.i: 14/15 CE

Findspot: Taucheira: East Wall: in situ on the inner face, the fifth group south of the east gate. In the third inscribed course.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

1
i
(ἔτους) με´ Σινδ̣[---]
( vac. 1) (Σίνδ)-
ii
(ἔτους) ζ̣´ Φι̣λ̣ί̣[---]
π̣πω̣ι
iii
Δαχι[ς]
2
[---]Κ[---]

Diplomatic

1
i
L ΜΕΣΙΝ.[---]
   /
ii
L .Φ...[---]
.Π.Ι
iii
ΔΑΧΙ[.]
2
[---]Κ[---]

Apparatus

1.i-ii: Σίνδ(ρ)ω/ν ιλ/σπι Δαχις Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Italian translation

Translation source: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936

Anno 45. Sindron di - Dachis

English translation

Translation by: Editors

1: (i) Year 45, Sind[?] (scil. son) of (i.e. Sind[?]). (ii) Year 7. for Philip. (iii) Dachis. 2: (Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

1.i. The reading of Year 7 is very uncertain.

Bibliography: 1: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 223-224 (VII,96. 96b), whence SEG 9.486, PHI 324333. 2: Oliverio, DAI, 1933-1936, 224 (VII, 96b)
Text constituted from: 1: Transcription (Reynolds); 2: Previous publication (Roueché).

Images

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