Support: Part of a fine-grained limestone exedra, broken at right (preserved block: arc 0.9; height 0.22; radius 0.54).

Layout: Inscribed on the concave front face: arc 0.68; height 0.17.

Letters: 0.03; carefully inscribed letters.

Date: Third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1926 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, in front of Fountain of Philothales.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1983 at the same place, in the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

(scil. La statue d') Aristotélès fils d'Arist[otélès?], après qu'il eut accompli la telesphoria des Karneia, (scil. a été consacrée par) [Une-telle] fille d'Arkhétos.

English translation

(scil. The statue of) Aristoteles son of Arist[oteles?], after his accomplishing the telesphoria of Karneia, (scil. was dedicated by) [So-and-so] daughter of Archetos.

Italian translation

(scil. La statua di) Aristoteles figlio di Arist[oteles?], dopo che aveva completato la telesphoria delle Karneia, (scil. è stata dedicata dalla) [tale] figlia di Archetos.

Arabic translation

(تمثال) أريستوتيليس بن أريست [وتيليس؟]، بعد إتمامه للتيليسفوريا الكارنيا، (أُهدي من قبل) [فلانة] ابنة أرخيتوس.

Commentary

In term of space, the incomplete participle at line 2 might also be restored τελεσφορήσαισα, referring to the dedicant. But there is no instance of a priestess celebrating the Karneia.

It is a plausible guess that the dedicant, daughter of Archetos, was the spouse of Aristoteles.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr016100 Honorary inscription for Aristoteles

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