IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.39. Fragmentary ephebic name

Description: Fragmentary Sandstone block (w: 0.14 x h: 0.17 x d: 0.33), 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: Layout and lettering suggest that the text was incised within a wreath, on the lost surface.
Letters: 0.06.

Date: First to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths); found in 1962.
Original location: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths).
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

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[---]ΒΙ( vac. 2)
[---]κιος [---]
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Diplomatic

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[---]ΒΙ    
[---]ΚΙΟΣ[---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

Elements from a name.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds Tocra II.3.4A, NS.III.4)