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C.593. Funerary inscription, Tomb N.356

Description: Rock-cut tomb.
Text: Inscribed above the door; the left side is hidden by a lime deposit.
Letters: c. 0.08, lunate sigma.

Date: First century BCE - third century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: In the North Necropolis, N.356; first recorded in 1955.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

[---]ιυϲ (ἐτῶν) ο´

Diplomatic

[---]ΙΥϹ L Ο

English translation

Translation by: Editors

. . . ] aged 70

Commentary

The end of the patronymic followed by the age of the dead.

Bibliography: for the tomb see Cassels, 1955, N.356, Thorn, 2009, 114
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

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