Support: White marble base with plain mouldings on three sides (w: 0.605 × h: 0.245 × d: 0.45).

Layout: Inscribed on the face quite near the upper moulding (w: 0.55 × h: 0.095 × d: 0.42).

Letters: 0.03.

Date: Third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found, as said by L. Beschi, at Cyrene ➚: Necropolis.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 near the modern entrance to the Sanctuary of Apollo and again in 1997 in Shahat: outside Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Thrasôn fils d'Erinoos.

English translation

Thrason son of Erinoos.

Italian translation

Thrason figlio di Erinoos.

Commentary

This is probably one of the oldest epitaphs with the genitive -ου in koine.

Beschi shows an archive photograph proving that the base was found in the same undefined tomb as IGCyr026800² and the mourning half-figure n. 7 of his catalogue, although the latter matches none of the bases.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr025900 Epitaph

Fig. 2. Drawing of igcyr025900 Epitaph

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