Epitaph

IGCyr117000

Trismegistos ID: 738718

Source Description

Support

Lid of a rock-cut sarcophagus, with an entablature for a half-statue (dimensions not registered).

Layout

Inscribed on the plinth of the lid, to be seen from the road.

Letters

0.12; widely open omega.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Fourth or third century B.C. (lettering, context)

Findspot

Found in 2010 by Dobias-Lalou at Cyrene : North Necropolis , in front of tomb N176 Cassels.

Later recorded Location

Seen by J. Cassels in 1954 and approximately copied.

Last recorded Location

Seen and studied by C. Dobias-Lalou in situ in 2010.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Dobias-Lalou, 2013 , pp. 180-181, fig. 6. Cf. Thorn-Thorn, 2009 , p. 71.

Text

Κ̣λ̣ειδώ

Apparatus

1 Dobias-Lalou, 2013  Κ̣λ̣ειδώ : Thorn-Thorn, 2009  +++ΛΕΙΔΟ+ (Cassels' Yellow Book) : Thorn-Thorn, 2009  Εὐκλείδου (Cassels' Grey Book)

French translation

Kleidô.

English translation

Kleido.

Italian translation

Kleidò.

Commentary

This woman's name is new in Cyrenaica but built with the common suffix -ώ(ι) as a short form of compounds such as Κλείδαμος or Κλείδικος.

Cassels' copy published by the Thorns was not precise and C. Dobias-Lalou when publishing the inscription in 2013 had not yet brought together his sketch mentioned by the Thorns and her own copy.

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