Support: White marble base with egg and dart mouldings on three sides above (and probably also below when complete); on top, circular hole and channel for attachment; worn out below on the whole width and moreover recently scratched on the upper right part and broken off at lower right angle, due to construction engines (complete base w: 0.89 × h: 0.38 × d: 0.57).

Layout: Inscribed on front face between the mouldings (w: 0.795 × h: 0.165 × d: 0.40).

Letters: 0.05-0.055.

Date: Fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1995 at Cyrene ➚: probably from South Necropolis.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2004 at Cyrene ➚: inside archaeological enclosure North of Caesareum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Andrias fils d'Anaxippos.

English translation

Andrias son of Anaxippos.

Italian translation

Andrias figlio di Anaxippos.

Commentary

This base comes from the same tomb, unrecorded by Cassels, as IGCyr085600² and IGCyr085700² and was found during construction works in the new town of Shahat.

As supposed by the editors, the three bases seem to mention men belonging to four generations in the same family.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr085500 Epitaph

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