Support: White marble base with plain mouldings, slightly chipped off; two footprints on top (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed on front face between mouldings (w: 0.33 × h: 0.13).

Letters: 0.015, omicron slightly smaller; xi with three horizontal bars without vertical hasta, slanting mu and sigma

Date: Second half of the fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found at an unknown date at Cyrene ➚: purported from Necropolis (see commentary).

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 23. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on April 25th, 1979 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Xenarista fille de Pratomédès.

English translation

Xenarista daughter of Pratomedes.

Italian translation

Xenarista figlia di Pratomedes.

Commentary

Oliverio (followed by Beschi and the Thorns) said that the base came from a necropolis, but the footprints on top are uncommon for a funerary use. It might rather be private honours.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr024200 Epitaph (?)

Fig. 2. Drawing of igcyr024200 Epitaph (?)

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