Honorary inscription and artist's signature
created: Transcription from stone (CDL and ER).
source date: Between 150 and 109 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], p. 31, n. 11 b (from †Oliverio's papers), whence [...], 20.725; [...] 10078; [...], n. 9 and fig. 9, whence [...], 64.2012; [...] 063010.

Εὐφράνωρ Σωσάρχω Κυραναῖος ἐποίησε.

a été consacré .

Oeuvre d'Euphranôr fils de Sôsarkhos, Cyrénéen.

was dedicated .

Made by Euphranor son of Sosarchos, a Cyrenaean.

è stata dedicata .

Opera di Euphranor figlio di Sosarchos, cireneo.

〚[------]〛〚[------]〛〚[------]〛 (كُرِس)〚من قبل الكيرينيين〛.صُنِع من قبل إفرانور بن سوسارخوس، كيريني (شخص من كيريني).

From what remains of the formula, we may guess that this was the dedication by the Cyrenaeans of a statue of a Ptolemy or some person of high rank. Those indications were erased, but the artist's signature was kept. However, as the letters were upside down it was of no use for IGCyr063000. This makes plausible that the statue itself was also re-used. Anyway the lettering of the signature is not much older than that of the later use, which provides a terminus ante quem.

We know of the date and place of discovery through [...], p.153. It is not quite sure that for this first use the stone already stood in the agora.