Support: Small marble base, probably square when complete, with circular hollow on top (w: 0.29 × h: 0.12 × d: 0.105).

Layout: Inscribed on front face in two lines centred along vertical axis.

Letters: 0.02; very careful lettering, beta with two equal half-circles, circular letters smaller that the rest, nu slightly shorter at right, slanting sigma.

Date: Fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1935 by Oliverio at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unrecorded.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 257. Seen in 1960 by Pugliese Carratelli in Shahat: Cyrene Museum. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1976 at the same place.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Baios et Polôn (scil. ont consacré ce monument) à Apollon.

English translation

Baios and Polon (scil. dedicated this monument) to Apollo.

Italian translation

Baios e Polon (scil. hanno dedicato questo monumento) ad Apollo.

Commentary

First names without fathers' names occur more frequently on dedicatory graffiti scratched on sherds than on careful inscriptions cut on stone. One reason for this absence might be the fact that both names are not very common and were thought to be sufficient identifiers.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr099600 Dedication to Apollo

Fig. 2. Squeeze of igcyr099600 Dedication to Apollo

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