Funerary mention

IGCyr010410

Trismegistos ID: 105922

Source Description

Support

In a rock-cut tomb (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Scratched on the Eastern wall.

Letters

Not forming a regular line.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Second century B.C.

Findspot

Copied by H.F. De Cou in 1910-1911 at Cyrene : North Necropolis , on the right side of the old road from Cyrene to Apollonia, before the so-called Kissinieh.

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on September 1st, 2001 in situ.

Text constituted from

Transcription from original (CDL).

Bibliography

Robinson, 1913 , n. 52.

Text

χῶρο(ς) Φίλων(ος)

Apparatus

1 Robinson, 1913 , Fraser-Matthews, 1987  Χωροφίλω

French translation

Emplacement de Philon.

English translation

Place of Philon.

Italian translation

Posto di Philon.

Arabic translation

مكان فيلون (أي هنا دفن فيلون).

Commentary

The queer name *Χωρόφιλος admitted by Robinson, has been registered in Fraser-Matthews, 1987 . In fact, between omicron and chi there is a slight shift, allowing the proposed abbreviation.

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