Support: Small fragment of a white marble block, broken off everywhere (w: 0.115 × h: 0.075 × d: 0.04).

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.021, small serifs; the two oblique bars of kappa join under the middle of the hasta.

Date: Perhaps third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1977 at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unrecorded.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 435. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

[---] a consacré [---].

English translation

[---] dedicated [---].

Italian translation

[---] ha dedicato [---].

Commentary

At line 2, we see the summit of a triangular letter followed by the upper left angle of a mu or nu. It is hence most probable that the first letter was an alpha. This is probably the beginning of a personal name.

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