Support: White marble stele with simple moulding at top, broken below (w: 0.135 × h: 0.17- × d: 0.05).

Layout: Inscribed.

Letters: 0.0075; thin well cut letters; should date before the adoption of the standard alphabet.

Date: Before the end of the fifth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Bought by H.F. De Cou from an Arab on March 26th, 1911 at Cyrene ➚: Necropolis.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seems to be lost.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

French translation

Aristeas fils d'Arimnastos.

English translation

Aristeas son of Arimnastos.

Italian translation

Aristeas figlio di Arimnastos.

Arabic translation

أريستيس بن أريمناستوس.

Commentary

Width 1.35 is given by Robinson, from De Cou's notes. It seems improbable, such grave steles being rather ca. 0.55 broad. It should be an error for height.

From the copy in block-letters, it is difficult to judge of the date. If the last letter is really an omicron, the inscription could still belong to the end of V BC.

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