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Epitaph

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr1225002
Trismegistos ID: 738774

Source description

Support: Rock-cut tomb with at least 7 loculi, or possibly two adjacent tombs (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed above the door of loculus 3 from the left, on the lintel.

Letters: Dimensions unknown, shapes too difficult to describe from the photograph.

Date: Presumably Hellenistic (context).

Findspot: Copied and photographed by J. Cassels in 1954 at Cyrene: North Necropolis, tomb N295.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by J.C. Thorn before 2001 in situ, in the North Necropolis. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from mention and photograph (CDL).

Bibliography

Thorn – Thorn 2009, p. 103; IGCyr 122500 . Cf. Cassels 1955, p. 29.

Text

Interpretive

[---]
Εὐκλεῦς

Diplomatic

[---]
ΕΥΚΛΕΥΣ

French translation

[---] fils (ou fille) d'Euklès

English translation

[---] son (or daughter) of Eukles.

Italian translation

[---] figlio (o figlia) di Eukles.

Commentary

Cassels in his 1955 publication only mentioned the presence of inscriptions. From his archive, the Thorns were able to recover a copy and a large scale photograph, which does not help much. They also were able to check the layout and reading of this inscription and of two others from the same tomb (see IGCyr1226002 and IGCyr1227002).

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Maps

Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene north necropolis

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