IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.46. Ephebic name

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.25 x h: 0.25 x d: 0.28), 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 within a wreath.
Letters: 0.04; lunate epsilon, lunate sigma; L for ἔτους

Date: First to second century CE

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

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ιε´
[---]ΠΕϹ
[. Π]λάρι-
[ο]ϲ Νίγ-
5[ε] ( vac. 3)ρ

Diplomatic

L ΙΕ
[---]ΠΕϹ
.]ΛΑΡΙ
[.]ϹΝΙΓ
5[.]      Ρ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 15, [ . . . ] Plarios (Plarius) Niger

Commentary

Plarius is a Sabellic nomen, also found in Faliscan texts

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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