Support: Fragment of marble block broken on all sides except one edge (height 0.17).

Layout: Inscribed on both preserved sides, side b to the right of side a (order arbitrarily chosen).

Letters: 0.012; carefully and deeply cut; alpha with low bar, theta with dot, slanting mu and sigma, rho with big loop.

Date: Probably between 350 and 330 BC (lettering, material context).

Findspot: Found in 1910 probably at Cyrene ➚: bought by H.F. De Cou on the spot.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seems to be lost.

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

Apparatus

French translation

a) [--- Untel fils de Bai]eias, [Untel fils de Khar]matiôn, [un tel fils de] Damasanôr, [---p]olis fils de Pérétimos, [---ip]pos fils de Tlasôn, [---ip]pos fils de Myrtôsios,[---an]thès fils d'Agatharkhos, [---]arkhos fils d'Irènaios, [---]olas fils de Sémèr, [Hesp]éritas fils de Lastratos, [---]ḍas fils d'Anaxis,[Un tel] fils d'Euippos, [---]

b) (Noms incomplets)

English translation

a) [--- So-and-so son of Bai]eias, [So-and-so son of Char]mation, [So-and-so son of] Damasanor, [---p]olis son of Peretimos, [---ip]pos son of Tlason, [---ip]pos son of Myrtosios, [---an]thes son of Agatharchos, [---]archos son of Irenaios, [---]olas son of Semer, [Hesp]eritas son of Lastratos, [---]ḍas son of Anaxis, [So-and-so] son of Euippos, [---]

b) (Fragmentary names)

Italian translation

a) [--- Il tale figlio di Bai]eias, [Il tale figlio di Char]mation, [Il tale figlio di] Damasanor, [---p]olis figlio di Peretimos, [---ip]pos figlio di Tlason, [---ip]pos figlio di Myrtosios, [---an]thes figlio di Agatharchos, [---]archos figlio di Irenaios, [---]olas figlio di Semer, [Hesp]eritas figlio di Lastratos, [---]ḍas figlio di Anaxis, [il tale] figlio di Euippos, [---]

b) (Nomi frammentari)

Commentary

The lettering is very similar to that of list IGCyr014800², but the fragment does not match its missing parts.

Two rare names appear now on epitaphs of the third century: Damasanor as father of Kleo in IGCyr121800² and Semer as father of Phero in IGCyr105700² and IGCyr135500² (possibly the same woman). In both cases, a family link is plausible, but it is difficult to be more precise because of the chronological gap.

For the name at line b.10 Masson's idea of a personal name derived from the ethnic of the Western city of Cyrenaica is very convincing. However the full form Εὐεσπερίτας is perhaps too long by comparison with the surviving parts of other names; we thus prefer, after J.M. Reynolds, the shorter and locally usual form Ἑσπερίτας.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr094400 List of military officers

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