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Fragment of a white
Found before 1977 at
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in
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b) Isthmian
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أ) [فلان ابن فلان ؟]. ب) الإسثيمية ("الألعاب": كما يمكن فهمها ضمنياً).
Such monuments, well known in Greece, are uncommon in Cyrenaica. We only know of many garlands cut into the walls of buildings, mainly
gymnasiums, with a name written inside and those seem to be rather graffiti emanating from friends or from the winner himself and concerning
local competitions. Here we have a more monumental honorific marker, which should give the name of the honoured person and inside garland(s)
the mention of the games where he (she) carried off prize(s). The inscription a) should either have been cut across the garland or only at left
(possibly with a companion piece at right). If the latter, it is not impossible to have a woman's name ending with
Amongst the different types of monuments with garlands commemorating victories in the main competitions, this one should be interpreted as a funerary stele
if the name is really at the nominative. However if the name was at the accusative the monument would be honorific (see