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Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Epitaph

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0100002
Trismegistos ID: 105907

Source description

Support: White marble stele slightly tapering, with plain moulding above on all four sides (w: 0.34-0.38 × h: 0.9-1.01 × d: 0.255-0.29); the back was later re-used with a garland sculpted in a shallow rectangular area.

Layout: Inscribed just under moulding.

Letters: 0.02.

Date: Fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found by H.F. De Cou in 1911 at Cyrene: North Necropolis, "tomb 6".

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 610. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on September 13th, 2004 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Robinson 1913, n. 37, and fig. 27, whence Sammelbuch 5885; DGE 231,5; IGCyr 010000 .

Text

Interpretive

Εὔανδρος
Δροσίω

Diplomatic

ΕΥΑΝΔΡΟΣ
ΔΡΟΣΙΩ

French translation

Euandros fils de Drosios.

English translation

Euandros son of Drosios.

Italian translation

Euandros figlio di Drosios.

Arabic translation

إفاندروس بن دروسيوس.

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Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene north necropolis

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