IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

T.720. Ephebic inscription.

Description: Apparently a rectangular block, ?in a wall.
Text: Two texts, running from left (i) to right (ii).
Letters: Lunate sigma; to the right of i a ?hasta.

Date: Second to third centuries CE

Findspot: Taucheira: No findspot; recorded by Pacho in 1825.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot (1825)

Interpretive

i
Κάρποϲ [Εὐφ-]
ροϲύνω
ii
Φιλ̣ό-
δημοϲ
Βύζα

Diplomatic

i
ΚΑΡΠΟϹ[...-]
ΡΟϹΥΝΩ
ii
ΦΙ.Ο
ΔΗΜΟϹ
ΒΥΖΑ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(i) Karpos (scil. son?) of Euphrosynos.

(ii) Philodemos (scil. son) of Byzas.

Commentary

i: At the end of line 2 there appears to be a sign which might be the abbreviation for φίλος, suesting that these are friends, not father and son.

Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 pl. LXXX, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5306.
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Reynolds)

Images

   Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXXX)