Names
IGCyr132400
Trismegistos ID: 738871
Source Description
Support
Part of a local limestone block, re-cut at left, above and below for re-use in a Roman wall (dimensions not measured).
Layout
Inscribed on the face.
Letters
0.01-0.03, perhaps by different hands; slanting sigma.
Place of Origin
Date
Perhaps third or second century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 2010 by the French Mission in the Port of Cyrene, later Apollonia pleiades; HGL : during the excavations of the area of Kallikrateia Rock , re-used in the Northern wall of the Roman portico in front of a cave, below the rock north-westward.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2010 in situ.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
Not previously published.
Apparatus
French translation
[---] s fils de [---] ippos, [---] is [---] .
English translation
[---] s son of [---] ippos, [---] is [---] .
Italian translation
[---] s figlio di [---] ippos, [---] is [---] .
Commentary
This very fragmentary block is not very rewarding. The very tender local limestone, exposed to the action of wind and salt, is a very bad support for inscriptions. The fist letter at line 1 was perhaps a much eroded eta. The third line may have been added later on, as its sigma differs notably from that at line 1.
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