Support: Three joining fragments of a white marble rectangular base broken on all sides, the front face burnt black, with the right end broken off since it was seen by Oliverio (w: 0.25 × h: 0.085 × d: 0.15).

Layout: Inscribed on front face.

Letters: 0.018 to 0.021; small serifs, non-slanting sigma.

Date: Perhaps second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1925 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 322. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone and previous editor (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

[Untel fils d'Untel] a fait ériger (scil. la statue) de son ancêtre A[--- fils d'Untel].

English translation

[So-and-so son of So-and-so] had (scil. the statue) of his forefather A[--- son of So-and-so] erected.

Italian translation

[Il tale figlio del tale] ha fatto erigere (scil. la statua) del suo antenato A[--- figlio del tale].

Commentary

At line 2, the word πρόγονος is highly plausible. It was followed by a personal name, the vestiges of which would easily fit very common names such as Aiglanor, Ammonios, Annikeris, and so on. Being at the accusative it would be the name of the person honored with a statue or any other image placed upon the base. In such honorary inscriptions the verb is usually subaudible; if mentioned, it reads ἀνέθηκε. We have here the less common ἔστασε, which is well chosen for a statue.

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