Description:
Anthropomorphic stele of limestone,
a rectangular ‘body’ and ‘head’ with sunken eyes and mouth, leaving nose in relief
(w:
0.23 x h:
0.40).
Text: Inscribed in the centre of the body.
Letters: One letter, well cut, lunate; no measurements.
Date: First century BCE - third century CE
Findspot:
Gebel Akhdar: East of Cyrene:
Faidia;
18 km from Cyrene on the road to Slonta.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, inv. no. 1516
(Inv. no. 1516)
English translation
Translation by: Editors
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
A single letter : lunate epsilon or perhaps sigma
Bibliography: Reynolds-Bacchielli, 1987 Catalogo 25 and fig. 61 , whence SEG 37.1681
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
None available (2020).