IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.111. Ephebic names

Description: Sandstone block (w: 0.4 x h: 0.95).
Text: Incised on the face, i above iii. Part of the second line of i was cut away, and ii inserted in the space.
Letters: i, iii, 0.08; ii, 0.05; square sigma in ii.

Date: ii: CE 15/16

Findspot: Taucheira: East Gate, in situ in an internal wall of the South Tower; found in 1962
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

i
Ἀπολλώνιος
Πε-⟦[c. 8]⟧ω
ii
(ἔτους) με´ Ἵππαρχοϲ
iii
Θανυρ̣ις
Δημητρίου

Diplomatic

i
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΟΣ
ΠΕ⟦[········]⟧Ω
ii
L ΜΕΙΠΠΑΡΧΟϹ
iii
ΘΑΝΥ.ΙΣ
ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ

Apparatus

iii: Probably the top of the ρ was destroyed when i, line 2 was erased to make room for ii.

English translation

Translation by: Editors

(i) Apollonios (scil. ?son/?friend) of Pe[- . .

(ii) Year 45, Hipparchos

(iii) Thanuris (scil. ?son/?friend) of Demetrios

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.III.21)