Support: Small fragment of a white marble block, broken off everywhere (w: 0.135 × h: 0.11 × d: 0.115).

Layout: Inscribed on the face (w: 0.06 × h: 0.07).

Letters: 0.015-0.02, with serifs; no typical shape.

Date: Third or second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1977 at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unrecorded.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 484. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Intraduisible.

English translation

Not usefully translatable.

Italian translation

Intraducibile.

Arabic translation

غير قابل للترجمة بشكل جيد

Commentary

The only clear thing here is that line 2 has a personal name such as Μενεκλῆς or Φερεκλῆς, both attested in Cyrenaica, either at the nominative or perhaps at the accusative case. The letters at line 1 might also belong to a personal name.

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