Support: White marble base with mouldings above and below, worked on three sides (d: 0.38).

Layout: Inscribed between the mouldings (w: 0.45 × h: 0.29).

Letters: 0.03.

Date: Perhaps fourth to third centuries BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1911, Norton Expedition, at Cyrene ➚: bought from an Arab, exact findspot unknown.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

French translation

Theukhrestos fils de Sôgénès.

English translation

Theuchrestos son of Sogenes.

Italian translation

Theuchrestos figlio di Sogenes.

Arabic translation

ثيوخريستوس ابن سوجينيس.

Commentary

From details given by Robinson (from De Cou's papers), such as a roughly worked back and no mention of a hole on top, it is possible to infer that the base is rather funerary than dedicatory.

The date is proposed e.g., from De Cou's normalized copy.

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