Epitaph
IGCyr122000
Trismegistos ID: 738769
Source Description
Support
White marble base, reddish from earth, with plain mouldings on top and below on three sides (0.60; 0.25;0.49).
Layout
Inscribed in two lines on the face, between the mouldings (0.54; 0.14;0.47).
Letters
0.03, very light serifs; slanting mu, smaller omicron, horse-shoe shaped omega.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Probably second half of fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Freshly exposed, probably by robbers, in 2004 before the westernmost out of five loculi at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : North Necropolis , tomb N27 Cassels.
Later recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on September 18th, 2004 in situ.
Last recorded Location
Seen and photographed by H. Walda and J.M. Reynolds in 2008 in situ.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
Not previously publisehd.
Apparatus
French translation
Protimo fille de Nikaios.
English translation
Protimo daughter of Nikaios.
English translation
Protimò figlia di Nikaios.
Commentary
This woman's name is not attested elsewhere but has the suffix of feminine name very common in Cyrenaica. The corresponding masculine Protimos is known in other regions. The father's name Nikaios is attested in the fourth century too many times to allow any prosopographical link.
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