Description: Brown limestone
stele, slightly concave above (w:
0.41 x h:
0.39 x d:
0.12).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Probably first century CE; 0.025; lunate sigma, cursive omega; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.
Date: First century CE
Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene:
Eshavo, south of Farzuga; found in 1968,
with M.93.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Tocra Museum
English translation
Translation by: Editors
Year 10, Luka (scil. son) of Ariman, aged 20, Phaophi 1.
Commentary
Line 1: the name suggests a Jew, but the patronymic is native.
Line 2-3: Assuming the normal order, the month and day seem to have been added as an afterthought.
Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds 1971, NS.XIV.13)