IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.580. Funerary inscription

Description: Rock-cut tomb.
Text: Inscribed on the façade besides the door within a gabled panel (w: 0.22 x h: 0.20).
Letters: 0.035; L for ἔτους, ἐτῶν.

Date: First century BCE to first century CE

Findspot: Taucheira: Found in Quarry East XV, West wall.
Original location: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

(ἔτους) α´ Παχ-
ὼν κα´ Π-
ύθων Μ-
αλλυλο-
5ῦ (ἐτῶν) δ̣´

Diplomatic

L ΑΠΑΧ
ΩΝΚΑΠ
ΥΘΩΝΜ
ΑΛΛΥΛΟ
5Υ L .

English translation

Translation by: Editors

Year 1, Pachon 21, Python (scil. son) of Mallylas, aged 4.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography:
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds, NS.VI.1)