Support: White marble base with plain mouldings on top and below, covered by lichen because of a long exposure outside (approximate dimensions from photographs w: ca. 0.84 × d: ca. 0.48).

Layout: Inscribed on front face in two lines with varying spaces between letters in order to fill the whole width.

Letters: Dimensions unknown; alpha with low bar, spoon-shaped zeta, smaller omicron, phi with small flattened loop, horseshoe-shaped omega.

Date: Probably third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Copied by J.-R. Pacho in 1825 at Cyrene ➚.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by G. Paci in 1993 at Cyrene ➚: West Necropolis, at the time still lying above the facade of tomb W116 Cassels, in precarious stability. Seen and photographed by the Mission of Chieti University in 2001, when already fallen in front of the tomb. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors (CDL).

French translation

Aphroditia fille de Zènon.

English translation

Aphroditia daughter of Zenon.

Italian translation

Aphroditia figila di Zenon.

Commentary

Paci very plausibly thought that Pacho's copy corresponded to the very base that he could see in the Western Necropolis without being able to approach. Later survey by the Mission of the University of Chieti provided more precise information about the tomb and good photographs of the base, which inbetween had fallen down into the courtyard of the tomb.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr092300 Epitaph

Fig. 2. Bottom of igcyr092300 Epitaph

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