Support: White marble tapering stele with plain moulding above on three sides, covered with reddish sediment, somewhat chipped off on all sides (w: 0.275 to 0.29 × h: 0.86 × d: 0.205 to 0.21).

Layout: Inscribed on front face (w: 0.255 × h: 0.79) at 0.15 under moulding; IRCyr2020 C.729 on the right side, IRCyr2020 C.730 on the left side.

Letters: 0.03, slanting mu, calice-shaped upsilon, large and open omega.

Date: End of fourth or beginning of third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1935 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene ➚: plausibly from a Necropolis.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 607. Seen in 1960 by Pugliese Carratelli in Shahat: on the terrace of the ancient Cyrene Museum. Seen in 2010 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Timanôr fils de Polybôlos.

English translation

Timanor son of Polybolos.

Italian translation

Timanor figlio di Polybolos.

Commentary

The stone comes evidently from a Necropolis, although we do not know which one. It has been re-used twice on other sides.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr096960 Epitaph

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