Epitaph

IGCyr106900

Trismegistos ID: 738594

Source Description

Support

Marble base (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Inscribed on front face.

Letters

Height unknown.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Second half of fourth or first half of third century B.C. (context)

Findspot

Found in 1954 by J. Cassels at Cyrene : East Necropolis , tomb E225 Cassels.

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editor.

Bibliography

Cassels, 1955 , p. 42 (no image). Cf. Thorn-Thorn, 2009 , p. 196; Belzic, 2015 , n. 16.

Text

Θεύχρηστος Μελάνθευς

Apparatus

French translation

Theukhrestos fils de Mélanthès.

English translation

Theuchrestos son of Melanthes.

Italian translation

Theuchrestos figlio di Melanthes.

Commentary

This inscription is known only through Cassels' brief mention. His notebooks, edited by the Thorns, do not add anything.

The name Μελάνθης is known only here, but was predictable, as Μέλανθος, which has a good frequency in all regions, is a short form derived from it.

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