Epitaph

IGCyr087100

Trismegistos ID: 738422

Source Description

Support

White marble stele, reddish from earth, slightly tapering, with a small plain moulding above on the rear edge of the upper face (0.40; 1.02;0.29); the front face is slightly chipped.

Layout

Inscribed on front face (0.37 to 0.42; 0.96;0.235 to 0.26) at 0.14 under the upper edge.

Letters

0.032; slantering sigma.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Late fourth or early third century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found before 1995 at Cyrene : probably from South Necropolis .

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 at Cyrene : inside archaeological enclosure North of Caesareum .

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Mohamed-Reynolds, 1997 , p. 38 n. 11 (no image), whence SEG , 47.2187.

Text

Νίκαιος [Π]ολυκλεῦς

Apparatus

French translation

Nikaios fils de Polyklès.

English translation

Nikaios son of Polykles.

Italian translation

Nikaios figlio di Polykles.

Commentary

This man might be the son of Polykles son of Nikaios known as a damiergos ca. 335 B.C., see IGCyr011800.

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