Description: Rectangular block of
marble
(w:
0.58 x h:
1.85 x diam.:
0.30).
Text: Inscribed on the front face (a); incised on the rear face (b)
and on the right side (c)
Letters: i: line 1 0.075, lines 2 ff, 0.03; ii: 0.04; iii: 0.015. Standard forms in a and b except for lunate sigma in b.iii iii; other
texts are rough graffito hands. b iii is written upside down to b.ii.
Date: First to second centuries CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
unknown.
Original location: Cyrene
Last recorded location:
Cyrene museum.
Interpretive
a
C(aio) Iulio C(aii) f(ilio) Vo[l](tinia) (scil. tribu)
Karo ex prouincia Narbo-
nensi trib(uno) mil(itum) leg(ionis) III Cy[r](enaicae)
praef(ecto) coh(ortis) II Asturum eq(uitatae)
5donato bello Brittanico c[or(ona)]
murali corona uallari cor(ona)
aurea hasta pura
[c]ent⸢u⸣riones et
milites leg(ionis) III Cyr(enaicae) et leg(ionis)
10[X]XII missi in prouinciam
[C]yrenensium dilectus caussa b i
ii
iii
[c. 6 Οὐ]ᾳλέριος ((slanting-stroke)) Σταδι[---] c
[c. 8]Ν
[c. 8]OṂ‖
[c. 8]ο̣ν̣δων
[c. 4]( vac. 4)ΑΔ
5[c. 10]Λύοντος
[c. 4]νεφι
Diplomatic
a
CIULIOCFVO[.](scil. TRIBU)
KAROEXPROUINCIANARBO
NENSITRIBMILLEGIIICY[.]
PRAEFCOHIIASTURUMEQ
5DONATOBELLOBRITTANICOC[..]
MURALICORONAUALLARICOR
AUREAHASTAPURA
[.]ENTYRIONESET
MILITESLEGIIICYRETLEG
10[.]XIIMISSIINPROUINCIAM
[.]YRENENSIUMDILECTUSCAUSSA biiiiii
[······..]ΑΛΕΡΙΟΣ / ΣΤΑΔΙ[---] c
[········]Ν
[········]O.‖
[········]..ΔΩΝ
[····] ΑΔ
5[··········]ΛΥΟΝΤΟΣ
[····]ΝΕΦΙ
b.iii: . Could be [- - -Β]αλέριος SEG
c.5: Perhaps - - - Λύοντος. SEG
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(a): For Caius, Julius Karo, son of Caius, of the tribe Voltinia, fron the province Narbonensis, military tribune of the Third
Cyrenaican legion, prefect of the Second Mounted Cohort of Astyrians, granted a crown for the Brittanic war, a mural crown,
a camp crown, a golden pure spear; the centurions and soldiers of the Third Cyrenaican legion and the Twenty-second legion,
deployed in the province of the Cyrenaeans, (scil. put this up) because of their affection.
(b): ii. Leon (scil. son) of Megon. iii. Oualerios (i.e. son of Oualerios son ) of ?Stadieus
(c): (not usefully translatable).
Bibliography: Pugliese-Carratelli, 1961, 16, p. 36, and fig. 28/30 whence i: AE 1951.88, whence EDH 021100, ii: SEG 20.749, PHI 324505.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face a (Department of Antiquities, E.302)
Fig. 2. Face b (Archive H.33)
Fig. 3. Face c
Fig. 4. Face c
