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C.470. Fragment

Description: Fragment from right side of large-grained white marble panel, possibly the panel’s upper corner. (w: 0.069 x h: 0.073 x d: 0.030). Stained brown and chipped along all edges.
Text: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Second to third centuries CE; 0.020.

Date: Second to third centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: area F11, 2, 3.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations (Inv. no. 74-942)

Interpretive

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[---]λια ( vac. 1)
[---] ((stop)) ΑΥ ( vac. 1)
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Diplomatic

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[---]ΛΙΑ  
[---] ΑΥ  
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English translation

Translation source: Reynolds, 2012

(Not usefully translatable)

Commentary

Line 1 may have contained a feminine Roman nomen, e.g. Aelia or Aurelia, presumably the dedicator.

Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.42.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

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