Description: Limestone block, with holes on the top, broken at the left side and along the upper edge
(w:
0.675 x h:
0.21 x d:
0.33).
Text: Inscribed on one face. In lines 3 and 4 the words 'et Vibiae sorori piae' are added in a different hand.
Letters: Probably second century; line 1, 0.045; lines 2,4, 0.03; line 3, 0.025. Triangular stop.
Date: Probably second century.
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Findspot unrecorded, presumably North Necropolis, N.11, with C.554;
there can be no doubt that this stone originally came from the same tomb.
Photographed in 1929.
Original location: North Necropolis, N.11.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
For L(ucius) Vibius Gattabus, f(reedman of) L(ucius). L(ucius) Numisius Mario, f(reedman of) L(ucius), his brother, was responsible for the construction (i.e. of the tomb), and for Vibia his pious sister.
Commentary
There can be no doubt that the stone originally came from the tomb built for Gattabos, C.554.
Vibia appears to have died after the original commissioning of the tomb, and her name has been added.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
