Epitaph
IGCyr117700
Trismegistos ID: 738725
Source Description
Support
Tapered marble stele with a much worn out moulding on top (0.18-0.20; 0.59;0.13).
Layout
Inscribed on front face and reused on opposite side for IRCyr C.160.
Letters
0.02; no serifs; smaller omicron, slanting sigma, calice-shaped upsilon.
Place of Origin
Cyrene pleiades; HGL : probably from the East Necropolis .
Date
First half of second century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1955 by R.G. Goodchild at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : re-used in the East Church .
Last recorded Location
Last seen by J.M. Reynolds at an unknown date.
Present Location
Not seen by IGCyr team; edited from Reynolds' copy and photograph.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (J.M. Reynolds).
Bibliography
Not previously published.
Apparatus
French translation
Hagéstratos fils d'Euphranôr.
English translation
Hagestratos son of Euphranor.
Italian translation
Hagestratos figlio di Euphranor.
Arabic translation
هاجيستراتوس بن إفرانور
Commentary
The stone was probably reused (see IRCyr C.160) for members of the same family as some names are related.
The original location was plausibly the Eastern Necropolis, which is the nearest to the Eastern Church.
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