Tomb protection

IGCyr010100

Trismegistos ID: 105910

Source Description

Support

Limestone stele closing a niche in a rock-cut tomb (0.54; 0.84;0.22).

Layout

Inscribed 0.175 from top.

Letters

0.07-0.11.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Fourth to third centuries B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found in 1911, Norton expedition, at Cyrene : North Necropolis , Cassel's tomb N22 ('tomb 8' of the Norton expedition).

Present Location

Not found.

Text constituted from

Transcription from editor.

Bibliography

Robinson, 1913 , n. 41, fig. 30, whence Sammelbuch 5887; DGE 231,9. Cf. Santucci-Uhlenbrock, 2013 , p. 12 (identification of the tomb); Dobias-Lalou, 2013 , p. 186.

Text

μὴ ἀν-οίγεν

Apparatus

French translation

Ne pas ouvrir.

English translation

Do not open.

Italian translation

Non aprire.

Arabic translation

لا تفتح (تحذير).

Commentary

The ending -εν for active infinitive is a regular feature in the local dialect.

This formula aims at protecting the recess in this chamber-tomb, which can be identified after Santucci-Uhlenbrock, 2013 from the long delated publication of Norton's final report.

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