Epitaph

IGCyr027300

Trismegistos ID: 738279

Source Description

Support

White marble base with double moulding of eggs and darts, broken off at top right angle (1; 0.55;0.6); square hole on top.

Layout

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.06.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

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

Findspot

Found in 1915 at Cyrene : North Necropolis, tomb of the Mnesarchoi (tomb N 171 Cassels).

Last recorded Location

Seen by L. Beschi in 1961 in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editors.

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1933-1936 , p. 117, n. 117, fig. 73, whence SEG , 9.229. Cf. Beschi, 1970 , pp. 181, and fig. 36, 185-186, 204; Laronde, 1987 , pp. 52-58, whence SEG , 38.1892.

Text

Φίλων Μνασάρχω

Apparatus

French translation

Philon fils de Mnasarkhos.

English translation

Philon son of Mnasarchos.

Italian translation

Philon figlio di Mnasarchos.

Arabic translation

فيلون بن مناسارخوس

Commentary

Philon was a member of a the prominent family (for which see Laronde, 1987 , pp. 52-58), whose monumental tomb is well known.

Beschi was able to show that the mourning half-figure 39 of his catalogue stood on this base.

The photograph of the view is part of a larger photograph showing the discovey of the bases, displayed in front of tomb N171, with help of Italian soldiers in 1915-1916. All bases are now kept inside the tomb in a side room with restricted access. This photograph is kept in the archive of the Society for Libyan Studies.

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