Support: White marble base, with mouldings of egg and dart above and below on three sides; a circular hole and a channel for attachment on top (w: 0.67 × h: 0.32 × d: 0.42).

Layout: Inscribed on front face between the mouldings (w: 0.59 × h: 0.11 × d: 0.38).

Letters: 0.04; slightly disymetrical nu, slanting sigma.

Date: Ca. 250 BC (lettering, monument type).

Findspot: Found by L. Beschi in 1961 at Cyrene ➚: East Necropolis, possibly tomb E180 Cassels.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown. Seen by Gasperini in 1969 in Shahat: exact place not registered. Seen by Dobias-Lalou in 1979 and 1983 in Shahat: in front of the Casa Parisi, which is part of the Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Laïarkhos fils de Nikandros.

English translation

Laiarchos son of Nikandros.

Italian translation

Laiarchos figlio di Nikandros.

Commentary

In most cases, funerary bases have no display for attachment because the funerary half-statues were simply placed upon them. However the findspot clearly shows that the base was funerary. And the absence of moulding at back is another clear clue.

As Beschi mentioned a tomb on the right bank of Wadi Bu Sneidi, at the Eastern end of the East Necropolis, it is a plausible guess of the Thorns that it was E180, the only tomb in that area situated on the right bank.

On this rare personal name, see Dobias-Lalou 2020.

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