Epitaph

IGCyr009800

Trismegistos ID: 105901

Source Description

Support

Limestone rock-cut sarcophagus (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Inscribed on front side of the base of the sarcophagus.

Letters

0.13.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Third to second centuries B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found on March 29th, 1911 by H.F. De Cou, Norton expedition, at Cyrene : North Necropolis , in a group of sarcophagi, West of the stairs leading to tomb N17.

Last recorded Location

Seen by A. Santucci in 2010.

Present Location

Not found by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from editor.

Bibliography

Robinson, 1913 , n. 25, with fig. 17, whence Sammelbuch 5879. Cf. Uhlenbrock, 1998 , p. 107, fig. 3 (photograph); Santucci-Uhlenbrock, 2013 , pp. 13-14 and figg. 9-10.

Text

Φιλοκρατείας

Apparatus

French translation

(Tombe) de Philokrateia.

English translation

(Burial place of) Philokrateia.

Italian translation

(Tomba) di Philokrateia.

Arabic translation

مكان دفن فيلوكراتيا.

Commentary

The placement of this inscription is a rare one. Usually the names are inscribed on the sarcophagus lid.

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