Support: White marble plinth of a statue re-used in the Hellenistic period after inversion for an over-size statue of Apollo Pythios; above the plinth on the former front face, two tall sandals, one with the toes visible, emerging from a drapery, survive from the former elaboration (w: 0.66 × h: 0.095).

Layout: Inscribed in two lines on the former front face.

Letters: 0.028; large circular letters, dotted theta, slanting sigma.

Date: Between the end of fourth and the beginning of third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1926 at Cyrene ➚: : Trajanic Baths, standing in the apodyterium-frigidarium.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 15. Observed by Dobias-Lalou in 1982, 1997, 2004 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Thémison fils d'Aristis a consacré à Asclè[pi]os.

English translation

Themison son of Aristis dedicated to Askle[pi]os.

Italian translation

Themison figlio di Aristis ha dedicato ad Ascle[pi]o.

Commentary

The funerary base of the dedicant is IGCyr077800² in tomb E121.

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Fig. 1. Drawing of igcyr016900 Dedication to Asklepios

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