Epitaph

IGCyr027800

Trismegistos ID: 738282

Source Description

Support

Marble base with mouldings of eggs and darts above and below (0.72; 0.42;0.40).

Layout

Inscribed on the face.

Letters

0.04; very slight serifs.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

End of third or beginning of second century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found at an unknown date at Cyrene : North Necropolis , tomb N 173, to the right of the entrance.

Present Location

Not found by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editors.

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1933-1936 , p. 118, n. 122, fig. 78a, whence SEG , 9.234. Cf. Cassels, 1955 , p. 21; Beschi, 1970 , pp. 199, 204 (date of the base); Thorn-Thorn, 2009 , p. 69 (Cassels' notebook); Santucci-Reynolds, 2010 , pp. 279-280 and fig. 4a (location).

Text

Σάτυρος Πρωτάρχου

Apparatus

French translation

Satyros fils de Protarkhos.

English translation

Satyros son of Protarchos.

Italian translation

Satyros figlio di Protarchos.

Commentary

Satyros son of Protarchos should have been the first to be buried in that tomb. The original funerary half-figure was later substituted by a stele for a deceased veteran (IRCyr C.574).

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