Support: Fragment of a white marble block, probably the upper left part of a rectangular base or a stele, broken off at right, below and at rear (w: 0.34 × h: 0.11 × d: 0.22).

Layout: Inscribed under the upper edge of the face (w: 0.31 × h: 0.06).

Letters: 0.045 with small serifs; non-slanting sigma.

Date: Perhaps second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1982 at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unrecorded.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 3343. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Aristô[---].

English translation

Aristo[---].

Italian translation

Aristo[---].

Commentary

This might be a base, the upper moulding of which would be totally erased. If so, a name and father's name should be read and the base would rather be funerary for the lack of attachment holes on the upper face. Yet, this point is not quite sure because of the rear being broken off.

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