Support: Marble base with plain mouldings on top and below, broken off at left front (w: 0.95 × h: 0.365 × d: 0.58).

Layout: Inscribed on the face between the mouldings (w: 0.815 × h: 0.19 × d: 0.545).

Letters: 0.04; no serifs; epsilon with central shorter bar, horse-shoe shaped omega.

Date: Perhaps fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Seen by J. Cassels in 1955 at Cyrene ➚: South Necropolis, tomb S52 Cassels.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1979 in Shahat: in front of the Casa Parisi, which is part of the Cyrene Museum. Seen and photographed by the Chieti Mission before 2013 at the same place.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Peleia fille de Mélanippos.

English translation

Peleia daughter of Melanippos.

Italian translation

Peleia figlia di Melanippos.

Arabic translation

بيليا ابنة ميلانيبوس

Commentary

The feminine name Πέλεια was already known at Cyrene (IRCyr2020 C.103, l. 29 and IRCyr2020 C.129, l. 13) and Taucheira (IRCyr2020 T.623, l. 2) at later dates; no other name would match the gap.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr118800 Epitaph

Fig. 2. Drawing of igcyr118800 Epitaph

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