IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.670. Funerary inscriptions

Description: Rock-cut tomb, inscribed on the façade.
Text: Inscribed within a gabled panel (w: 0.23 x h: 0.46), outlined in relief, which is still partly buried. Each entry in a different hand.
Letters: 0.05; delta with tail; alpha with dropped cross-bar; L for ἔτους.

Date: First to second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Quarry East XVII, on the spur of rock which separates the main quarry from the annexe.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) ι´ Χοιάχι δ´ Πλω-
τία Λύκο[υ] ἐτῶ-
ν μ̣γ´ ( vac. 1) (ἔτους) ι´ Χοιάχι
[c. 4]ρ̣α Γαίου
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Diplomatic

L ΙΧΟΙΑΧΙΔΠΛΩ
ΤΙΑΛΥΚΟ[.]ΕΤΩ
Ν.Γ   L ΙΧΟΙΑΧΙ
[····].ΑΓΑΙΟΥ
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English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 10, Choiak 4, Plotia (scil. daughter) of Lykos, aged 43. Year 10, Choiak ?, [ . . . -]ra (scil. daughter) of Gaios (i.e. Gaius), [ . . .

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Joyce Reynolds, Tocra III.5.37, NS.IV.40)