IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.254. Ephebic name

Description: Fragment from a sandstone block (w: 0.47 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.50).
Text: Incised on the face, with at least two texts, each within a wreath
Letters: c. 0.03; lunate sigma and cursive omega; L for ἔτους.

Date: Late first century BCE - early second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Turkish castle; found in 1936.
Original location: Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum.

Interpretive

i
[---]
[---]Λ
[---]Ο
[---]
ii
(ἔτους) ιθ´
Ἰάϲων
Ζοίλω

Diplomatic

i
[---]
[---]Λ
[---]Ο
[---]
ii
L ΙΘ
ΙΑϹΩΝ
ΖΟΙΛΩ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 19, Jason (scil. son) of Zoilos

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from photograph (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. From left to right: T.254 (upside down), T.251, T.252.iii, T.253 (upside down), T.708 (above) (Department of Antiquities, F. 1069)

   Fig. 2. Face (part) (Department of Antiquities, F. 1069)