Support: White marble base with egg and dart mouldings on three sides above and below; on top circular hole and channel for attachment; broken off at upper left angle (whole base w: 0.8 × h: 0.335 × d: 0.555).

Layout: Inscribed in one line on front face (w: 0.75 × h: 0.11 × d: 0.48), near the upper moulding.

Letters: 0.03.

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 1979 and again in 1985 at Cyrene ➚: inside archaeological enclosure North of Caesareum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Télôn fils d'Andrias.

English translation

Telon son of Andrias.

Italian translation

Telon figlio di Andrias.

Commentary

This base comes from the same tomb, unrecorded by Cassels, as IGCyr085500² and IGCyr085700² and was found during construction works in the new town of Shahat.

Andrias the father, might be the man mentioned in IGCyr085500² and Telon the father of Anaxippos mentioned in IGCyr085700².

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr085600 Epitaph

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