Repository
Cyrene Museum, 607.
Support
White marble tapering stele with plain moulding above on three sides, covered with reddish sediment, somewhat chipped off on all sides (0.275 to 0.29; 0.86;0.205 to 0.21).
Layout
Inscribed on front face (0.255; 0.79;) at 0.15 under moulding; IRCyr C.729 on the right side, IRCyr C.730 on the left side.
Letters
0.03, slanting mu, calice-shaped upsilon, large and open omega.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
End of fourth or beginning of third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found before 1935 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : plausibly from a Necropolis .
Later recorded Location
Seen in 1960 by Pugliese Carratelli in Shahat : on the terrace of the ancient Cyrene Museum .
Last recorded Location
Seen in 2010 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
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 , 90 a (no image).
Timanôr fils de Polybôlos.
Timanor son of Polybolos.
Timanor figlio di Polybolos.
The stone comes evidently from a Necropolis, although we do not know which one. It has been re-used twice on other sides.
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