Support: White marble slighlty tapering stele with plain moulding on top, broken off obliquely under the inscription and chipped off at both upper angles (w: 0.325 × h: 0.32 × d: 0.15).

Layout: Inscribed in two lines on the shaft (w: 0.325 × h: 0.295 × d: 0.13).

Letters: 0.32, no serifs; slantering mu and sigma, dissymmetrical nu.

Date: Probably first half of fourth century (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 2004 (and probably after 1948) at Cyrene ➚: presumably in an undetermined Necropolis.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 2007. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2004 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Kallimakhos fils de Stratôn.

English translation

Kallimachos son of Straton.

Italian translation

Kallimachos figlio di Straton.

Commentary

Both names are very common at Cyrene and no prosopographical relation can be suggested.

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