Support: White marble base with double mouldings that are chipped on all sides (w: 0.485 × h: 0.37 × d: 0.41).

Layout: Inscribed on the face between the mouldings (w: 0.435 × h: 0.24 × d: 0.40).

Letters: 0.03-0.035; serifs; phi very small loop.

Date: Second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1933 at Cyrene ➚: Necropolis (Oliverio), perhaps North Necropolis (Thorn).

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: in front of ancient Sculpture Museum and again in 1997 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Polykles fils de Philôn.

English translation

Polykles son of Philon.

Italian translation

Polykles figlio di Philon.

Commentary

The Thorns' probable attribution to the North Necropolis is due to the fact that the Italian archaeologists before World War II were mainly interested by this one.

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