Support: Two adjacent fragments of a skyphos black-glazed ware (foot and part of bottom) (diameter of foot 0.05).

Layout: Scratched under the foot, to be read from the center.

Letters: 0.005, well aligned and regular letters.

Date: Perhaps third century BC (lettering, context).

Findspot: Found by J.-S. Caillou (French mission), one fragment in 2004, the other in 2005, in the Port of Cyrene, later Apollonia ➚: at bottom of the so-called Kallikrateia Rock, to the North (see commentary).

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Apollonia Museum, Storeroom of the French Mission, 2005.38. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2010 at Sūsah, Apollonia Museum, Storeroom of the French Mission.

Text constituted from: Transcription from vase (CDL).

French translation

(scil. Offrande ) d'Alkiadas.

English translation

(scil. Offering) of Alkiadas.

Italian translation

(scil. Offerta) di Alkiadas.

Commentary

This vase was found in the fill below the altar bearing IGCyr114000². It is thus in clear relation with it.

The name should be that of the dedicant.

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