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C.765. Fragmentary dedication for ?Trajan

Description: Fragment from the left side of an inscribed panel or stele (w: 0.18 x h: 0.06).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second century: 0.02.

Date: 97-117 CE

Findspot: Cyrene: photographed in 1932; findspot unrecorded.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Not rediscovered.

Interpretive

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[.]E[---]
ὑπὲ̣[ρ νείκας Αὐτοκρά-]
τορο̣[ς Νέρουα Τραιανῶ]
Καίσ[αρος Σεβαστῶ]
5 Γ̣ερ̣[μανικῶ θεῶ Νέρουα]
υ̣[ἱῶ ---]
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Diplomatic

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[·]E[---]
ΥΠ.[..............-]
ΤΟΡ.[..............]
ΚΑΙΣ[...........]
5.Ε.[...............]
.[..---]
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English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] For [the victory of Emper]or [?Nerva Trajan] Caes[ar Augustus] Ger[manicus] son [?of deified Nerva . . .

Commentary

Perhaps from a dedication to a god or goddess; possibly following a Latin version of a bilingual text, since line 2 is a normal opening formula, and the letter in line 1 could be Greek..

Line 3: Probably Trajan, Germanicus from 97.

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription from the photograph (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, F. 2242)