IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.664. Imperial ?building dedication

Description: Right end of a marble panel moulded above, reconstructed from four fragments (w: 0.45 x h: 0.44 x d: 0.06-0.07). The left edge has been roughly trimmed, presumably to facilitate re-use.
Text: Inscribed on one face, below the moulding
Letters: Probably third century: 0.04; lunate epsilon; triangular stops.

Date: Probably third century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: found before 1941, findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum.

Interpretive

[Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ c. 20 υ]ἱὸς θεῶ ( vac. 3)
[c. 38] ἀρχιερε[ὺς]
[μέγιστος δημαρχικᾶς ἐξουσίας τὸ --- ὕπατος τὸ] γ´ ((stop)) ( vac. 3)
[c. 34 σὺν? τ?]ῷ ((stop)) ἀγάλ[ματι]
5 [ἀφιερώσαντος c. 15 τῶ κρατίστω ἀ]νθυπάτω

Diplomatic

[................····················.]ΙΟΣΘΕΩ      
[······································]ΑΡΧΙΕΡΕ[..]
[............................---........]Γ       
[··································....]Ω ΑΓΑΛ[....]
5[............···············...........]ΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

Emperor Caesar ? ] son of the deified [? . . . Chief] Priest [holding tribunician power for the ? time, consul] for the third time, [. . . ? gave . . . with] the statue. [ The consecration was made by ? the most excellent] proconsul.

Commentary

The emperor is presented in the nominative, as being responsible for a benefaction of some kind.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Left side (Joyce Reynolds, I. 24)

   Fig. 2. Reassembled fragments

   Fig. 3. Reassembled fragments