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Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Epitaph

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0096002
Trismegistos ID: 105899

Source description

Support: Lid of rock-cut sarcophagus, limestone (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed on projection of lid.

Letters: Height not registered.

Date: Fourth to third centuries BC (lettering).

Findspot: First seen by H.F. De Cou in 1911 at Cyrene: North Necropolis, about 20 meters of tomb N 22 westward.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on September 18th, 2004, in situ, in the North Necropolis.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Robinson 1913, pp. 165-166, n. 22 and fig. 15, whence Sammelbuch 5877; DGE 231,2; Thorn – Thorn 2009, p. 31; IGCyr 009600 .

Text

Interpretive

Λάρα

Diplomatic

ΛΑΡΑ

French translation

Lara.

English translation

Lara.

Italian translation

Lara.

Arabic translation

لارا.

Commentary

For this rare name, see also IGCyr01054002.

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Maps

Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene north necropolis

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