EpiDoc XML:
IGCyr1213002
Trismegistos ID:
738762
Source description
Support: Marble base, said by J. Thorn to be 'ornate', which probably means with mouldings of egg and dart on top and below (dimensions unknown).
Layout: Inscribed on the face.
Letters: Height unknown.
Date: Probably fourth or third century BC (context).
Findspot: Seen by L. Cherstich before 2002 at Cyrene ➚: South Necropolis, tomb S9 Cassels, not far from a half-figure statue.
Place of origin: Findspot.
Last recorded location: Not seen by IGCyr team.
Text constituted from: Transcription from previous mentions (CDL).
Bibliography
Thorn – Thorn 2009, p. 210 (diplomatic transcription from Cherstich's thesis); IGCyr 121300 ➚. Cf. Thorn 2005, p. 351, fig. 230 (mention of a base); Belzic 2022, catalogueB.23.
Text
Apparatus
1: Κάφι[σ]ος: Κάφι[λ]ος Thorn – Thorn 2009
French translation
Kaphisos fils de Philoklès.
English translation
Kaphisos son of Philokles.
Italian translation
Kaphisos figlio di Philokles.
Commentary
Kaphisos is a rather rare name, belonging to the series of names of streams used as personal names. This reading seems the most probable instead of the uninterpretable form read by Cherstich.
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Maps
Cyrene general plan
