IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.605. Funerary inscriptions

Description: Rock-cut tomb inscribed on the façade, which is in poor condition, with T.604, T.605, T.606, and T.607; there are also a number of quite illegible panels.
Text: Inscribed, without a panel, to the right of T.604; too high to measure.
Letters: Too high to measure.

Date: First century BCE to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry East XV, north wall
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

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[--- Χο]ι̣ὰ̣κ̣ ε´
[(ἔτους) .] Φαωφὶ
[---]ΝΥ
[---]ίλλα

Diplomatic

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[---..]...Ε
[·]ΦΑΩΦΙ
[---]ΝΥ
[---]ΙΛΛΑ

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . ] Choiak 5.

[Year ? ...], Phaophi [? . . . -]illa

Commentary

Line 1: Apparently from an upper text, where the month date was placed at the end.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. From left: above, T.605, T.606; below, T.607, an unidentified text (Reynolds, NS.VII.9)

   Fig. 2. From left, T.604, T.605; T.607 below right (Joyce Reynolds, VI.3.9A, NS.VII.10)