<rs type="textType">Epitaph</rs> Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica Università di Bologna IGCyr105500 738579 igcyr105500 https://igcyr.unibo.it/igcyr105500

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Two adjacent fragments of a white marble base with mouldings on top and below both broken off ( 0.68 0.25 0.49 ).

 Inscribed in one line on front face ( 0.68 0.155 0.49 ). 0.033; slightly slanting mu, rather large circular letters, disymmetrical nu, slanting sigma. Findspot. Probably fourth century B.C.

Found before 1960 at Cyrene: in the North Necropolis.

Seen in 1960 by D. Morelli in situ.

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in situ, broken into two pieces, below tomb N 397 Cassels.

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Bibliography

Morelli in SECir, 269 (no image).

Text Μεγὼι Νίκιος
Apparatus

Mégô fille de Nikis.

Mego daughter of Nikis.

Megò figlia di Nikis.

Commentary

As Morelli did not mention that the base was broken, it was perhaps still complete in 1960. In 1982, when C. Dobias-Lalou saw it, it was broken, perhaps after having rolled down in the Necropolis to the exact place where she saw it.