Epitaph

IGCyr010420

Trismegistos ID: 105923

Source Description

Support

Rock-cut tomb (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Scratchedon a wall.

Letters

Height unknown.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Perhaps, second to first centuries B.C.

Findspot

Copied by H.F. De Cou in 1911 at Cyrene : North Necropolis , same tomb as IGCyr010410 .

Present Location

Not found.

Text constituted from

Editor's transcription.

Bibliography

Robinson, 1913 , n. 53.

Text

Ἑρμιόνη 𐅹 (έτῶν) ιγ

Apparatus

French translation

Hermione, 13 ans.

English translation

Hermione, 13 years old.

Italian translation

Hermione, 13 anni.

Arabic translation

هيرموني، عمرها 13 سنة.

Commentary

From the diplomatic copy it may be cautiously inferred that the lettering is late-hellenistic. This would hence be one of the oldest use of the siglum 𐅹 for year(s).

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