Repository
Cyrene Museum, 384.
Support
Left part of a white marble base with mouldings on top and below, sawn off at right; a circular hole in what remains of the upper face might be related to a re-use (0.20; 0.205;0.365).
Layout
Inscribed in four lines on front face between both mouldings (0.185; 0.115;0.32).
Letters
0.02; carefully cut, regular letters without serifs; dotted theta, nearly symmetrical nu, xi without vertical stroke, slanting sigma.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
End of fourth or beginning of third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found before 1960 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : exact finsdpot unrecorded.
Last recorded Location
Seen by Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Morelli in 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 , 237 (no image).
1 Σθένων[α ---] : 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 Σθένων [τοῦ δεῖνος]
(La statue de) Sthénôn (fils d'Untel) (a été consacrée par) Praxis fils de K [---] , Sthénôn fils de K [---] et Aristokritos [fils d'Untel].
(The statue of) Sthenon (son of So-and-so) (was dedicated by) Praxis son of K [---] , Sthenon son of K [---] and Aristokritos [son of So-and-so].
(La statua di) Sthenon (figlio del tale) (è stata dedicata da) Praxis figlio di K [---] , Sthenon figlio di K [---] e Aristokritos [figlio del tale].
As there seems to be no room for the mention of a deity to whom a dedication would be made or for the verb of dedication, the most probable formula is that of private honors in the form of a statue standing on the base. Usually, the name of the person featured is first mentioned at the accusative, followed by the name(s) of the dedicant(s) at the nominative. If it is the case, Praxis (l. 2) and Sthenon (l. 3) would be brothers to each other and would certainly be related to the Sthenon of line 1. For Aristokritos, we cannot know his relation with the precedings.
Alternatively, but less probably, Aristokritos might be (at the accusative) the person featured in the statue and the men mentioned at lines 1 to 3 would all three be dedicants (at the nominative). However such an order would be less usual.
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