Support: Probably marble base, broken off at left (w: 0.44 × h: 0.20 × d: 0.70).

Layout: Inscribed in two lines on front face.

Letters: 0.032; beta with larger upper loop, slightly smaller circular letters, slanting mu, nu slightly shorter at right.

Date: Third quarter of fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found between 1916 and 1927 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, reused as a stair of the Eastern door of the apodyterion in the Trajanic Baths.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Not found by G. Pugliese Carratelli in 1960. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.

Apparatus

French translation

[---]mos fils d'Autobolos (scil. a consacré ce monument) à Apollon au titre de la dîme.

English translation

[---]mos son of Autobolos (scil. dedicated this monument) to Apollo as a tithe.

Italian translation

[---]mos figlio di Autobolos (scil. ha dedicato questo monumento) ad Apollo come decima.

Commentary

Pugliese Carratelli at SECir, published this inscription from a photograph in the archive of the Department of Antiquities and a drawing found in Oliverio's papers. From them he was also able to mention the findspot.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr098900 Tithe

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