Epitaph

IGCyr123100

Trismegistos ID: 738780

Source Description

Support

Rock-cut tomb with four loculi on main facade and three more on return wall of the forecourt (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Inscribed in one line over loculus 1.

Letters

Dimensions unknown; no description of the lettering.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Probably pre-Roman (context, lettering)

Findspot

Seen and copied by J. Cassels in 1954 at Cyrene : North Necropolis , tomb N384.

Last recorded Location

Seen by the Thorns in 2002 in situ (they describe two adjacent tombs and this is the right one).

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous mention (CDL).

Bibliography

Thorn-Thorn, 2009 , p. 127 (diplomatic copy from Cassels' notebooks; no image)

Text

Ἰάσονος

Apparatus

French translation

(Tombe) d'Iasôn.

English translation

(Tomb) of Iason.

Italian translation

(Tomba) di Iason.

Commentary

We can only follow Cassels' transcription and the Thorns' indication about the place and probable date of this inscription.

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