IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.42. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 1.00 x h: 0.34 x d: 0.50), 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: Two texts each incised within a wreath; i to the left, ii to the right. There is a caduceus to the right of text ii.
Letters: i. 0.02-0.04; L for ἔτους. ii. 0.02-0.04; L for ἔτους. lunate sigma; cursive omega

Date: First to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), reused on its side in a late wall adjoining the Baths; found in 1962.
Original location: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths).
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
(ἔτους) ζ´
Σετιαν-
ὸς Ἀνδρ-
ομήδο̣-
5υ
ii
(ἔτους) γ´
Λούκιϲ
Καύλιϲ
Πάνθηϲ ((caduceus))

Diplomatic

i
L Ζ
ΣΕΤΙΑΝ
ΟΣΑΝΔΡ
ΟΜΗΔ.
5Υ
ii
L Γ
ΛΟΥΚΙϹ
ΚΑΥΛΙϹ
ΠΑΝΘΗϹ caduceus

English translation

Translation by: Editors

i: Year 7, Setianos (scil. son) of Andromedes.

ii: Year 3, Loukis Kaulis Panthes.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, IV.36)

   Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds, SB.V.298)