Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably first to second centuries CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...] pl. LXXVII, whence [...], 5220; [...], 4.a, whence [...] 33.1373 ([...] 324557).

ἔτους γ Νείκανδροϲ Νεικαγόρα [...] ἐτῶν μ [...] ἔτους ϛ Ϲάρρα Νεικάνδρου Χοιάχι α ἐτῶν ιζ πλήρηϲ ἀρετῆϲ

Apparatus

[^a1: at 1: om. | ΙΓΝΕΙΚ | Γ.Nεικ[ίας]]

[^a2: at 2: ΓΝΓΙΚ | Γ. Ν[ε]ικ-]

[^a3: at 3: ΙΑΟΙ | ία [ἐτ](ῶν)]

[^a4: at 4: L Λ | L λ΄]

[^a5: at 5: LϹϹΑΙΙΔΝϹΙΙ | L [ε΄Φ]α[με]ν[ὼθ Πο-]]

[^a6: at 6: ΔΓΟΥΧΟΙΔΧΙΛΙ | [Πολυ]οῦχο[ς Ἀ]χιλ[λέως]]

[^a7: at 8: Ρ | ΑΙΕ]

Translation

Year 3, Nicandros son of Nicagoras [ . . . ] aged 40. year 6, Sara, daughter of Nicandros, Choiaki 1, aged 17, full of virtue.

Year 3, Neikandros son of Neikagoras [ . . . ] aged 40.

Year 6, Sarra, daughter of Neikandros, Choiak 1, aged 17, full of virtue.

Commentary

The name Sara suggests a Jewish family

Line 7: The comment is a very rare feature in Cyrenaican funerary inscriptions.