Epitaph

IGCyr121100

Trismegistos ID: 738760

Source Description

Support

Marble base with a plain moulding above and below, associated with a half-figure funerary statue, (dimensions not recorded).

Layout

Inscribed on the face in one line.

Letters

Height unknown, letters pressed close together; no real serifs; alpha with low bar, slightly slanting sigma, very small omicron.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Probably third century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Seen and copied by J.C. Thorn at Cyrene : East Necropolis , tomb E6 Cassels.

Last recorded Location

Photographed by D. Thorn in 2002 in situ.

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous mention and from photograph (CDL).

Bibliography

Thorn-Thorn, 2009 , p. 149 (diplomatic transcription).

Text

Ἀκευσιλέα Ἀνδρομήδευς

Apparatus

French translation

Akeusiléa fille d'Andromèdès.

English translation

Akeusilea daughter of Andromedes.

Italian translation

Akeusilea figlia di Andromedes.

Commentary

The feminine name Ἀκευσιλέα is only attested once in Cyrenaica (IGCyr016300) and not elsewhere. Her father's name is a hapax , but other names in -μήδης are attested in the region, amongst which the favorite Πρατομήδης.

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