Epitaph

IGCyr010400

Trismegistos ID: 105919

Source Description

Support

White marble base with mouldings above and below, worked on three sides (-; -;0.38).

Layout

Inscribed between the mouldings (0.45; 0.29;).

Letters

0.03.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Fourth to third centuries B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found in 1911, Norton Expedition, at Cyrene : bought from an Arab, exact findspot unknown.

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from editor.

Bibliography

Robinson, 1913 , n. 49, without illustration, whence Sammelbuch 5897.

Text

[Θ]εύχρηστος Σωγένευς

Apparatus

French translation

Theukhrestos fils de Sôgénès.

English translation

Theuchrestos son of Sogenes.

Italian translation

Theuchrestos figlio di Sogenes.

Arabic translation

ثيوخريستوس ابن سوجينيس.

Commentary

From details given by Robinson (from De Cou's papers), such as a roughly worked back and no mention of a hole on top, it is possible to infer that the base is rather funerary than dedicatory.

The date is proposed e.g., from De Cou's normalized copy.

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