Dedication (?) by Mnastokles

IGCyr018500

Trismegistos ID: 106094

Source Description

Support

Rectangular limestone block, recut for later use (1.08; 0.39;0.49); a hole on top might be later than the original use.

Layout

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.085.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Second half of fourth century B.C. (lettering, prosopography)

Findspot

Found in 1928 at Cyrene : reused in the Temple of Hekate .

Last recorded Location

Seen in 1983 by C. Dobias-Lalou in situ.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1930 , p. 205, n. 28, whence SEG , 9.91. Cf. Lazzarini, 1996 , whence SEG , 46.2198.

Text

[Μνα]στοκλῆς Βαθυ[κλεῦς].

Apparatus

French translation

[Mna]stoklès fils de Bathy[klès].

English translation

[Mna]stokles son of Bathy[kles].

Italian translation

[Mna]stokles figlio di Bathy[kles].

Commentary

Although re-used, the stone might have been placed originally in the sanctuary of Apollo and be part of a dedication, rather than of an epitaph.

This man might be identified with the military officer listed in IGCyr084000, l. 2.

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