Support
Plain white marble base with two holes for feet of statue on the upper side; the surface is covered by lichen (0.725; 0.335;0.65).
Layout
Inscribed on the face.
Letters
0.035; careful letters.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1927 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo, between the Temple of Athena and the East Staircase leading to the Fountain Terrace .
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1983 in situ.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Oliverio, 1929 Oliverio, G., 1929, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1927, Africa Italiana2, 111-154 - see in bibliography p. 144, n. 19 (ph.), whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.157.
Theukhrestos fils d'Amômètos.
Theuchrestos son of Amometos.
Theuchrestos figlio di Amometos.
This base sustained a statue of the person named in the inscription. At the nominative case, the name is a caption, so that the monument is mainly honorific. However, being erected in the sanctuary of Apollo, it is at least placed under the protection of the god and might also be taken as some sort of a dedication to him.
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