Epitaph (?)

IGCyr124200

Trismegistos ID: 738791

Source Description

Repository

Cyrene Museum, 18.

Support

Large fragment, probably from a stele of white marble, broken off at left and right and chipped off at upper edge; also probably re-cut at bottom (0.34; 0.52;0.23).

Layout

Inscribed in two lines at 0.25 from the upper edge; space between letters adapted to the number of letters at each line.

Letters

0.03 to 0.035, deeply and carefully cut with light serifs; alpha with low bar, nu still slightly dissymmetrical.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Probably first half of third century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Probably found before World War II at Cyrene : exact findspot unrecorded.

Last recorded Location

Seen in 1979 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat : Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Not previously published.

Text

[Πρ]άταρχ[ος Κ]άρνι[ος]

Apparatus

French translation

Pratarkhos fils de Karnis.

English translation

Pratarchos son of Karnis.

Italian translation

Pratarchos figlio di Karnis.

Commentary

The low inventory number corresponds to the items found before World War II, moved to Tripolitania during the war and rearranged after 1953 when Goodchild was controller at Cyrene.

Both names are already attested in Cyrenaica. Karnis is especially Cyrenaican (see Robert, 1967 ).

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