Support: Two adjacent fragments of a white marble base broken off at top and bottom, with very poor vestiges of the upper moulding and none of the lower one (dimensions of the main part w: 0.37 × d: 0.275); about ten smaller fragments were seen scattered around.

Layout: Inscribed on the face in two lines with axial display, showing that 1 letter is lost at the beginning of line 1.

Letters: Carefully cut letters (0.032) with very small serifs.

Date: Perhaps end of fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in May 1981 by P.Y. Péchoux at Cyrene ➚: in the West Necropolis, fallen from a tomb not registered by Cassels and situated high up and to the South of his Tomb W109.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Studied by Laronde in May 1981 at the same place in the West Necropolis. Dobias-Lalou saw in 1993 a photograph, now lost. The stone seems now lost.

Text constituted from: Editor's transcription from Laronde's archive and Péchoux's photograph.

French translation

Aiglanôr fils de Nikaios.

English translation

Aiglanor son of Nikaios.

Italian translation

Aiglanor figlio di Nikaios.

Commentary

This base, copied in 1981 by members of the French archaeological mission at Apollonia who were walking through the West Necropolis of Cyrene, was never seen again and does not seem to have been brought to the Department of Antiquities.

Although Aiglanor is a very common name at Cyrene, it seems plausible on behalf of the lettering that this Aiglanor son of Nikaios was related to Nikaios son of Aiglanor mentioned as commander of a batallion of paraibatai in the list IGCyr084000² at line 123. However if ever the relation is plausible, we cannot decide whether our Aiglanor was the father or the son of the commander.

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