Support
A rock-cut tomb (dimensions unknown).
Layout
Inscribed on the wall inside the tomb.
Letters
Dimensions of the letters unknown.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Perhaps fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Last recorded Location
Seen (line 1 only) by G. d'Addazio of the Chieti mission in situ between 1999 and 2005.
Present Location
Not seen by IGCyr team.
Text constituted from
Transcription from former editor's drawing (CDL).
Ferri, 1923 Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography , n. 21, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.346. Cf. D'Addazio, 2008 D'Addazio, G., 2008, Tradizione onomastiche a Cirene, in O. Menozzi, M.L. Di Marzio, D. Fossataro (eds.), IX Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, Chieti (Italy), 24-26 febr. 2005 (SOMA2005), BAR International Series1739, 177-185 - see in bibliography , p. 180.
2 Εὐοπ̣[ίδα?] : Ferri, 1923 Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography ΕΥΟΙ : Εὐοι(- - -)
3 Ferri, 1923 Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography πγ´
(Tombe) appartenant à Hermogénès fils d'Euopidas [---] .
(Tomb) of Hermogenes son of Euopidas [---] .
(Tomba) di Hermogenes figlio di Euopidas [---] .
At line 2, the name Εὐοπίδας would fit the letters shown on Ferri's drawing and not interpreted in his discussion.
If Ferri was right in supposing that line 3 had the dead's age, 83 years, this indication would lack the use of the normal symbol for ἐτῶν. Furthermore, this would be a strangely early instance of that formula. The letters might as well pertain to a third personal name. We prefer to leave the question open.
However, d'Addazio observed recently the first line of the inscription 'inside a rock-cut tomb', so that the funerary interpretation seems good. It is a pity that his photograph, mentioned in his text, was eventually not printed in the publication.
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