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C.621. Funerary inscription

Description: Limestone stele, broken above (w: 0.12 x h: 0.225 x d: 0.06).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.02; a superscript bar above the numeral.

Date: First century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Necropolis, precise location unspecified; photographed in 1930/31
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum.

Interpretive

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[..]ι̣αίνα
Σωτείμ-
ω (ἐτῶν) ε´

Diplomatic

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[··].ΑΙΝΑ
ΣΩΤΕΙΜ
Ω L Ε

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . -]aina (scil. daughter) of Soteimos, aged 5

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. C.736, C.621 and M.116