Support: White marble base with plain mouldings on three sides; on top, a shallow hole for attachment of a statue (w: 0.675 × h: 0.275 × d: 0.305).

Layout: Inscribed between the mouldings (w: 0.63 0.285 × h: 0.14) with both lines beginning on the same vertical line; l. 2 not finished.

Letters: 0.045.

Date: Second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found at an unknown date at Cyrene ➚: probably North Necropolis.

Place of origin: Cyrene ➚.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in May 30th, 1982 at the modern entrance to the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Klenata fille de Diosko〈---〉.

English translation

Klenata daughter of Diosko〈---〉.

Italian translation

Klenata figlia di Diosko〈---〉.

Commentary

At line 2 Oliverio suspected a lacuna, but the line was certainly never finished. It is thus dubious that the base was found in a Necropolis, as said by Oliverio.

For the unfinished father's name there are different possibilities: Διόσκορος and at least three variants of Διοσκουρίδης with different linguistic features.

The Thorns suspected that the base comes from the North Necropolis because it is the only part that was explored by the Italian archaeologists before World War II.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr025800 Unfinished epitaph

Fig. 2. Drawing of igcyr025800 Unfinished epitaph

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