Support: White marble tapered stele with a plain moulding on top (w: 0.397 to 0.44 × h: 1.285 × d: 0.271 to 0.325).

Layout: Written at least 0.20 under the moulding.

Letters: 0.027-0.03; very finely cut and aligned.

Date: Second half of fourth or first half of third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1995 at Cyrene ➚: probably from South Necropolis (see commentary).

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors.

French translation

Aristotélès fils de Basilokréôn.

English translation

Aristoteles son of Basilokreon.

Italian translation

Aristoteles figlio di Basilokreon.

Commentary

Found in the same tomb as IGCyr086100²; although there is no common element in the onomastics, both deceased were probably of the same family.

About the tomb of provenance see commentary at IGcyr086100².

About the name Βασιλοκρέων, see Dobias-Lalou, BE, 1999.623.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr086000 Epitaph

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