Support
White marble block, later re-cut into two joining pieces, of which the right one has also been recut on top; holes for two feet on top; (whole piece: width 0.75; depth 0.54; fragment a, height 0.21; fragment b, height 0.16).
Layout
Inscribed on front face in two lines centred along middle axis.
Letters
0.023; deeply cut, no serifs, symmetrical nu, slanting sigma.
Place of Origin
Date
Probably fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found by G. Oliverio in 1925 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo , reused in a building West of the Temple of Artemis .
Later recorded Location
Seen by Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 'in the Sanctuary of Apollo '.
Last recorded Location
Seen in 1983 and again in 2004 by C. Dobias-Lalou at findspot.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Oliverio, 1927 Oliverio, G., 1927, Campagna di scavi a Cirene nell'estate del 1925: II. Documenti epigrafici del santuario di Apollo, Africa Italiana1, 156-158 - see in bibliography , p. 157 (mention of find); Oliverio, Taccuini inediti Oliverio, G., Taccuini inediti - see in bibliography , XI.49, whence SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , 58 (ph.).
Alexandros fils de Paraibatas a consacré (ce monument).
Alexandros son of Paraibatas dedicated (this monument).
Alexandros figlio di Paraibatas ha dedicato (questo monumento).
Both fragments are now pasted together.
Oliverio, 1927 Oliverio, G., 1927, Campagna di scavi a Cirene nell'estate del 1925: II. Documenti epigrafici del santuario di Apollo, Africa Italiana1, 156-158 - see in bibliography dated the inscription of the third century B.C., which seems too late for the lettering.
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