IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.59. Ephebic names

Description: ?Sandstone block
Text: Two texts each incised within a wreath, i to the left, ii to the right. to the left of i, a horizontal ivy leaf.
Letters: i: lunate omega; ii: standard sigma.

Date: First century BCE-first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Gymnasium (later Byzantine Baths), probably North Wall (where similar texts are still in situ: see on T.50); recorded in 1825.
Original location: Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Findspot (1825).

Interpretive

i
(ἔτους) ιζ´
Λ(ούκιος) Βιβιά-
ρ̣ιο[ς .]Ο
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ii
(ἔτους) ι̣ζ̣´ Ζ̣-
[ω]ίλο̣[ς]
Ζ[ωίλου]

Diplomatic

i
L ΙΖ
ΛΒΙΒΙΑ
.ΙΟ[.·]Ο
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ii
....
[.]ΙΛ.[.]
Ζ[.....]

Apparatus

i.2: Λ ΒΙΒΙΑ Pacho, 1827; CIG, Vol.III Franz did not attempt line 3
ii: No words made out CIG, Vol.III
ii.1: ΛLΟΙ Pacho, 1827
ii.2: ιΛϹω Pacho, 1827
ii.3: ΛLΟΙ Pacho, 1827

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(i.) Year 17. L(oukios) Bibiarios (i.e. L(ucius) Viviarius) [? . . .

(ii.) Year 17. Zoilos (scil. son) of Zoilos

Commentary

For this group of texts T.50-T.74, collected by Pacho, see on T.50.

Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 pl. LXXXI, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5312.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds)

Images

   Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXXXI)