Description: Sandstone funerary stele, cut down at either side and damaged above
(w:
0.23 x h:
0.34 x d:
0.13). There may
originally have been acroteria above with rosettes in relief in each and a central projection possibly representing a rudimentary
head,
but the projection has been worn away.
Text: Inscribed on one face within a rectangular area at the base.
Letters: 0.025; very rough; lunate epsilon, lunate sigma.
Date: First - third century CE
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Batta (formerly Oberdan), about 300m.
from the village square with M.128, M.129,
M.130 and
M.131; found in 1938. The Relazioni Scavi are explicit that only four of the group of stelae were inscribed,
but the departmental archives also contain a packet of squeezes of inscriptions which may be associated, M.133.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tolmeita Museum
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Tomb [of . ? . . (scil. child) of ] Nikasias, who died [aged ?]
Commentary
The central projection possibly represents a rudimentary head, cf. the series from Lamluda .
Line 1: the gap probably contained the name of the deceased, with Nikasia the genitive of a patronymic, Nikasias, (as suggested by Dobias-Lalou). Alternatively the gap might have contained the nomen of a woman, Nikasia.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).