Support: Rectangular white marble base, with two holes on top for attachment of a statue; front face broken off at left (w: 0.81 × h: 0.28 × d: 0.645).

Layout: Inscribed on the front face (w: 0.57 × h: 0.28) at 0.055 below upper ridge.

Letters: 0.022; very slight serifs, slightly smaller omicron, slanting sigma.

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

Findspot: First studied by G. Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, West of the Strategeion.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 at the same place, West of the Strategeion.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

[---]kos (ou khos) fils d'Elaiitas.

English translation

[---]kos (or chos) son of Elaiitas.

Italian translation

[---]kos (o chos) figlio di Elaiitas.

Commentary

This Elaiitas might be the son of the priest who dedicated a bench on the Fountain Terrace (IGCyr080500²) and, in Rosamilia's view, he would be the uncle of the priest of the same name mentioned at IGCyr096700², line 4.

The first letter partly seen by G. Pugliese Carratelli (SECir, 186) was not visible to C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 nor can it be traced on the squeeze.

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