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

Epitaph

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr1069002
Trismegistos ID: 738594

Source description

Support: Marble base (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed on front face.

Letters: Height unknown.

Date: Second half of fourth or first half of third century BC (context).

Findspot: Found in 1954 by J. Cassels at Cyrene: East Necropolis, tomb E225 Cassels.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.

Bibliography

Cassels 1955, p. 42 (no image); IGCyr 106900 . Cf. Thorn – Thorn 2009, p. 196; , n. 16.

Text

Interpretive

Θεύχρηστος Μελάνθευς

Diplomatic

ΘΕΥΧΡΗΣΤΟΣΜΕΛΑΝΘΕΥΣ

French translation

Theukhrestos fils de Mélanthès.

English translation

Theuchrestos son of Melanthes.

Italian translation

Theuchrestos figlio di Melanthes.

Commentary

This inscription is known only through Cassels' brief mention. His notebooks, edited by the Thorns, do not add anything.

The name Μελάνθης is known only here, but was predictable, as Μέλανθος, which has a good frequency in all regions, is a short form derived from it.

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

All citation, reuse or distribution of this work must contain a link back to DOI: https://doi.org/10.60760/unibo/igcyrgvcyr2 and the filename (IGCyr000000 or GVCyr000), as well as the year of consultation.

Maps

Cyrene general plan

image