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Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Epitaph

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr1231002
Trismegistos ID: 738780

Source description

Support: Rock-cut tomb with four loculi on main facade and three more on return wall of the forecourt (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed in one line over loculus 1.

Letters: Dimensions unknown; no description of the lettering.

Date: Probably pre-Roman (context, lettering).

Findspot: Seen and copied by J. Cassels in 1954 at Cyrene: North Necropolis, tomb N384.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by the Thorns in 2002 in situ in the North Necropolis (they describe two adjacent tombs and this is the right one). Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous mention (CDL).

Bibliography

Thorn – Thorn 2009, p. 127 (diplomatic copy from Cassels' notebooks; no image); IGCyr 123100 .

Text

Interpretive

Ἰάσονος

Diplomatic

ΙΑΣΟΝΟΣ

French translation

(scil. Tombe) d'Iasôn.

English translation

(scil. Tomb) of Iason.

Italian translation

(scil. Tomba) di Iason.

Commentary

We can only follow Cassels' transcription and the Thorns' indication about the place and probable date of this inscription.

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Maps

Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene north necropolis

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