Support: White marble block, later re-cut into two joining pieces, of which the right one has also been recut on top; holes for two feet on top; (whole piece: width 0.75; depth 0.54; fragment a, height 0.21; fragment b, height 0.16).

Layout: Inscribed on front face in two lines centred along middle axis.

Letters: 0.023; deeply cut, no serifs, symmetrical nu, slanting sigma.

Date: Probably fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found by G. Oliverio in 1925 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, reused in a building West of the Temple of Artemis.

Place of origin: Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo.

Last recorded location: Seen by Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 'in the Sanctuary of Apollo'. Seen in 1983 and again in 2004 by C. Dobias-Lalou at findspot, which is now called the Temple with the orthostats.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Alexandros fils de Paraibatas a consacré (scil. ce monument).

English translation

Alexandros son of Paraibatas dedicated (scil. this monument).

Italian translation

Alexandros figlio di Paraibatas ha dedicato (scil. questo monumento).

Commentary

Both fragments are now pasted together.

Oliverio 1927 dated the inscription of the third century BC, which seems too late for the lettering.

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