IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.710. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone half-column, perhaps cut down from a whole column; diam.: c. 0.43.
Text: Incised on the curved surface, i above ii above iv; iii to the left, v to the right.
Letters: Average 0.05; lunate sigma in ii.

Date: Late first century BCE - early second century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: no precise findspot recorded.
Original location: Gymnasium.
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum.

Interpretive

i
------
Ἰ̣άσων̣ Ι̣ [---]
ii
[---]ϲ̣ Κυρα[ναι---]
iii
[---]Σ
iv
[---]Σ̣ΕΒ̣Ι̣[---]
v
( vac. 3)G[---]

Diplomatic

i
------
.ΑΣΩ..[---]
ii
[---].ΚΥΡΑ[...---]
iii
[---]Σ
iv
[---].Ε..[---]
v
      G[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i)Iason

(ii). . . ]Kyre[naios ?

(iii - v) (Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

The relationship of these lines to one another is very unclear: v appears to be a Latin letter, perhaps cut before the column was cut down.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face, ii and iii (Reynolds Tocra X.2.13, NS.XI.13)

   Fig. 2. Face, i and iv (Reynolds NS.XI.14)