Support: Limestone small tapering stele, broken below (w: 0.20 to 0.21 × h: 0.26 × d: 0.06 to 0.07); above a preserved moulding (width 0.24) there was probably a pediment, now lost.

Layout: Inscribed with well centered lines just under the moulding.

Letters: 0.02-0.03; irregular letters.

Date: Second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found at an unknown date at Cyrene ➚: probably North Necropolis, perhaps tomb N240.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 247. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on May 16th, 1976 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Kallistratos fils de Simylos.

English translation

Kallistratos son of Simylos.

Italian translation

Kallistratos figlio di Simylos.

Arabic translation

كاليستراتوس بن سيميلوس

Commentary

About the provencance, Oliverio only mentioned 'Necropolis'. Thorn, for all those published by Oliverio in the years 1930 thought that it should be the North Necropolis, on the assumption that only that Necropolis was explored by the Italian teams of the time. Moreover, about the present stele, Thorn noticed that «it recalls two others (here IGCyr029300² and IGCyr029350²) in situ above Tomb N.240 and may belong to a cluster of sarcophagi nearby». As we could not trace the two others, we cannot discuss this point.

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