IGCyr2 | GVCyr2
Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Part of a name

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0228002
Trismegistos ID: 738248

Source description

Support: Limestone block, reused in the pavement of the portico East of Hekate's temple (w: 0.58 × h: 0.30).

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.07.

Date: Perhaps third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1927 at Cyrene: Sanctuary of Apollo, portico near Temple of Hekate.

Place of origin: Cyrene.

Last recorded location: Not found by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.

Bibliography

Oliverio 1929, p. 122, n. 4, whence SEG, 9.155; IGCyr 022800 .

Text

Interpretive

Νικο[---]

Diplomatic

ΝΙΚΟ[---]

French translation

Niko[---].

English translation

Niko[---].

Italian translation

Niko[---].

Commentary

This piece is too fragmentary to allow any classification of the text-type. However, it is highly probable that this compound beginning with νικο is a personal name.

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Maps

Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene sanctuary of Apollo

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