Support: White marble rectangular block, broken off at left and at upper right (w: 0.48 × h: 0.30 × d: 0.075).

Layout: Inscribed on the face in two lines (probably with axial display).

Letters: 0.055 very carefully cut, with fine serifs; slightly smaller circular letters, kappa with long oblique strokes, oblique strokes of lambda slightly curved, slanting sigma.

Date: Probably third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1997 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 3464. Seen by A. Laronde in 1977 in Shahat, in the Office of the Department of Antiquities. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1997 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

[---]nikos fils de Nika[---] (scil. a consacré ce monument) à Apollon.

English translation

[---]nikos son of Nika[---] (scil. dedicated this monument) to Apollon.

Italian translation

[---]nikos figlio di Nika[---] (scil. ha dedicato questo monumento) ad Apollo.

Commentary

Having found a copy made by Laronde we were able to add information about the findspot, to read differently the first preserved letter at line 1 and to improve the layout, as he described the right size to be partially preserved, the edge being only chippe off. This leads to a more cautious reading.

The first name is a compound of -νικος and the father's name is also based upon the word 'victory'. For the latter, as there is a space at line 2 after the end of the god's name, we may be sure that only 2 to " letters are lacking. Among the names allready attested at Cyrene, only Νίκαιος, Νίκαθλος or Νικάσιος would be appropriate. It is impossible to choose between them.

The axial layout of the inscription helps to assess the number of letters lost at left, which amount to 2 or 3. Names already attested at Cyrene and matching the gap would be Ἐπίνικος, Εὔνικος and the more rare Ἀπόνικος.

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