Support: Fragment of a whitemarble panel broken at left, right and bottom; on top, a hole for attachment is preserved at the point of break; the face is severely damaged (w: 0.17 × h: 0.16 × d: 0.075).

Layout: Inscribed on the face, which is much erased.

Letters: 0.02, lightly cut, with serifs; non-slanting sigma.

Date: Perhaps second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Presumably found before World War II at Cyrene ➚: presumably in the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 62. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1979 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

[---] à Apollon [---?].

English translation

[---] to Apollo [---?].

Italian translation

[---] ad Apollo [---?].

Commentary

The only word that may be isolated is the name of Apollo, presumably at the dative case, which implies that the inscription is a dedication and probably ended with that word.

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Fig. 1. Squeeze of igcyr124800 Dedication (?)

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