IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.37. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 1.20 x h: 0.23 x d: 0.52), from a group inscribed with T.37, T.38, T.39, T.40, T.41, T.42, T.43, T.44, T.45, T.46, T.47.
Text: Incised on the face with two texts, each within a wreath.
Letters: i. 0.02-0.04; lunate sigma, cursive omega; L for ἔτους. ii. 0.02-0.04

Date: First to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), frigidarium, reused as a door jamb; found in 1962.
Original location: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths).
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
(ἔτους) [Φιλ?-]
άμμ̣ω̣ν
Πετορίϲ-
κου
ii
[(ἔτους) .]
Εἰρηναῖ-
ϲ Φιλίϲ-
κου

Diplomatic

i
L [...-]
ΑΜ..Ν
ΠΕΤΟΡΙϹ
ΚΟΥ
ii
[.·]
ΕΙΡΗΝΑΙ
ϹΦΙΛΙϹ
ΚΟΥ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(i) Year ?, -ammon, (scil. son) of Petoriskos

(ii) [Year ?] Eirenais (scil. son) of Philiskos

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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