Description: Brown limestone stele
(w:
0.49 x h:
1.90 x d:
0.58).
Text: Inscribed on two faces
Letters: No description
Date: CE 54-55
Findspot:
Cyrene:
In situ, in the Wadi Bel Ghadir,
on the hillside a little south of the Pumping Station; first recorded in 1956,
when only part of face b was visible;
excavated for full examination in 1970. C.435 was found nearby, to the south-west.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Wadi Bel Ghadir
Interpretive
a
Nero Claudius
diui Claudi f(ilius)
Germanici Cae-
saris nep(os) Ti(berii) Caesa-
5ris Aug(usti) pronep(os) diui
Aug(usti) abnep(os) Ca[es]ar
Aug(ustus) Germanicu[s]
pontif(ex) max(imus) trib(unicia) pot(estate)
imp(erator) ( vac. 1) co(n)s(ul) ( vac. 1) per L(ucium) Acili-
10um Strabonem
le[g]atum suum
f̣ịnes [occ]upatos a
pr[iu]atis P(opulo) R(omano)
( vac. 1) restituit ( vac. 1) b
Νέ[ρ]ων [Κλαύδιος Θεοῦ]
Κλαυδίου [υἱός], [Γερμανικοῦ Καίσαρ-]
ος ὑωνός, Τι(βερίου) Καίσα-
ρος Σεβαστοῦ ( vac. 1) καὶ
5θεοῦ Σεβαστο[ῦ ἔγγονος] ------
Diplomatic
a
NEROCLAUDIUS
DIUICLAUDIF
GERMANICICAE
SARISNEPTICAESA
5RISAUGPRONEPDIUI
AUGABNEPCA[..]AR
AUGGERMANICU[.]
PONTIFMAXTRIBPOT
IMP COS PERLACILI
10UMSTRABONEM
LE[.]ATUMSUUM
..NES[...]UPATOSA
PR[..]ATISPR
RESTITUIT b
ΝΕ[.]ΩΝ[............]
ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥ[....................-]
ΟΣΥΩΝΟΣΤΙΚΑΙΣΑ
ΡΟΣΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ ΚΑΙ
5ΘΕΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ[........]------
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Latin): Nero Claudius son of Claudius, Caesar Augustus Germanicus, grandson of Germanicus Caesar, great grandson of Tiberius Caesar
Augustus, great-great grandson of deified Augustus, Caesar Augustus Germanicus, pontifex maximus, holding tribunician power, Εmperor, consul, by the action of Lucius Acilius Strabo his personal envoy, restored to the Roman People the boundaries (i.e. of the estates)
which had been occupied by private persons.
(Greek): Nero [Claudius son of deified] Claudius, grandson of [Germanicus Caesar], great grandson of Tiberius Caesar Augustus and
of deified Augustus, Emperor [ . . .
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
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