Support: Marble base of cubic shape belonging to an exedra; the base, which is broken off at left, is surmounted with an agyieus. The upper part of the base (reconstructed width 0.725) has a relief with two figures and is separated from the inscribed bottom by a plain cornice.

Layout: Inscribed under relief on a surface badly chipped below; stoichedon (preserved inscribed area w: 0.48 × h: 0.095).

Letters: 0.02.

Date: Second half of the fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1926 at Cyrene ➚: Exedra of Apollo Karneios.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen in 2001 by C. Dobias-Lalou in situ, in the Exedra of Apollo Karneios.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Pratomedes fils de Polymnis (scil. a consacré) à Apollon.

English translation

Pratomedes son of Polymnis (scil. dedicated) to Apollo.

Italian translation

Pratomedes figlio di Polymnis (scil. ha dedicato) ad Apollo.

Commentary

In the debated question of the function and date of the whole monument (fountain, exedra?), L. Gasperini (Gasperini 1976) gives epigraphical arguments for Oliverio's dating towards the end of IV BC. So also Laronde 1987, pp. 182-183 with bibliography.

The colour picture (courtesy H. Walda, IRCyr project) was taken in 2008. Sitting at right of the exedra is Joyce M. Reynolds during her last visit to Cyrene.

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