Support: Fragment of a limestone block broken off at right, top and back (w: 0.38 × h: 0.28 × d: 0.44); the face is broken off at top left and worn out at right; the left side of the block is preserved and has no anathyrosis, so it might be the left end of an architrave.

Layout: Inscribed on the face in two lines.

Letters: 0.10-0.12; the letters get less visible towards the right.

Date: Probably second half of fourth or first half of third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found between 2008 and 2012 by the Mission of Urbino at Cyrene ➚: Southern Extra-Mural Sacred Zone, North-West of the Extra-Mural Temple of Demeter, in one of a series of oikoi.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: First studied in 2012 by E. Rosamilia in situ in the Southern Extra-Mural Sacred Zone.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

French translation

[---] Xèn[---] [].

English translation

[---] Xen[---] [].

Italian translation

[---] Xen[---] [].

Commentary

This poor fragment of what seems to be a monumental piece, perhaps an architrave, is difficult to interpret. E. Rosamilia shows that at line 2 there is no other possibility than the beginning of a personal name in Ξην(ο)- or its common short form Ξῆνις. If so, line 1 should also contain a personal name and the combination of all possibilities leads him to three already attested names: Ιγισαν, Ἠρίλοχος and Ἠρίνοος. It is impossible to push this further. On the whole, the inscription might be the dedication of a monument.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr134500 Names (?)

Fig. 2. Drawing of igcyr134500 Names (?)

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