Support: First loculus on the left, in a rock-cut tomb (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed on the lintel above the loculus.

Letters: 0.016.

Date: Fourth or third century BC (lettering).

Findspot:

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by G. Oliverio between 1925 and 1938 at Cyrene ➚: South Necropolis. Seen in 1954 by J. Cassels, who numbered the tomb as S 74. Not found by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors (HB).

French translation

(scil. Sépulture) d'Arata.

English translation

(scil. Burial place of) Arata.

Italian translation

(scil. Sepoltura) di Arata.

Arabic translation

(مكان دفن) أراتا

Commentary

Another Hellenistic mention (IGCyr007300²) and other mentions of Roman date (IRCyr2020 C.516) were given in an assemblage in Pacho'drawing, thus edited by Franz for the CIG as from one and the same tomb. Oliverio' transcriptions probably did not mention CIG 5157 and Pugliese Carratelli at SECir thus ignored the identification. However, we gained from that republication a precise layout of the various inscriptions inside the tomb and measures of the letters. In between, Cassels 1955 had mentioned for tomb S 74 'Inscriptions inside'. His copy of the inscriptions were eventually made available by Thorn – Thorn 2009, allowing to connect inscriptions and tomb.

From Pacho's copy it was already possible to divide the inscriptions between the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

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Fig. 1. Drawing of igcyr007400 Epitaph

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