Support: Two massive limestone ashlars and one fragmentary block, each of which bore the same inscription (w: 1.9 × h: 0.375, height estimated from scale of photograph of one block).

Layout: Inscribed on one side.

Letters: 0.175 (estimated from scale of photograph of one block); lambda slightly shorter at right.

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

Findspot: Found in 1995 or 1996 at Euesperides ➚: to the North of the city wall in the ditch crossing areas H-N of the excavations, opposite the tombs bearing IGCyr084100².

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen and photographed by S.Zubi in 2010 in situ, at Benghazi: to the North of the site of Euesperides ➚. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors.

French translation

Parpaing.

English translation

Squared block.

Italian translation

Plinto.

Commentary

Buzaian and Lloyd wrote that there were three such blocks bearing the same inscription and give the length of only one with one photograph.

They 'provisionally' but convincingly interpret them as blocks fallen from a wall serving for the fortification of the city of Euesperides on its North-West side.

As no personal name beginning with Πλι- is attested, the editors' idea of a mason's mark seems very convincing.

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Fig. 1. View of igcyr083900 Mason's mark

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