Support: Sandstone stele with top curving inwards from either side towards a central feature now lost (w: 0.434 × h: 0.59 × d: 0.1).

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.02-0.025.

Date: End of second or beginning of first century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1968 at Ptolemais ➚: road westwards from the so called Quarry Gate, North of the Amphitheatre, that is in a North-West necropolis which was superseded by the modern village.

Place of origin: Ptolemais ➚.

Last recorded location: Said to be lost in the 1970s. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors.

French translation

Prêtresse Hagémona fille d'Ammonios, adieu!

English translation

Priestess Hagemona daughter of Ammonios, farewell!

Italian translation

Sacerdotessa Hagemona figlia di Ammonios, addio!

Commentary

At Ptolemais, the use of koine is usual since the foundation, so that the genitive of the father's name has the expected form. However, the woman's name has the dialectal ending, which was more easily preserved, because in koine feminines in -a do also exist.

The formula with χαῖρε is never found in Cyrenaica in the Greek period. Ptolemais was more receptive to foreign influences. Besides, this inscription is probably one of the latest in the present collection.

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