Epitaph
created: Transcription from previous mentions and Thorn's drawing (CDL).
source date: Probably fourth or third century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Καρταιμένης

Kartaiménès.

Kartaimenes.

Kartaimenes.

كارتيمينيس

Rowe, who excavated thoroughly the area, gave the name in block-letters as complete. An unpublished drawing by J. Thorn kept in the archive of the Society for Libyan Studies proves that he saw the inscription with the two last letters remaining invisible. We follow here Rowe's transcription. Alternatively the name was perhaps abbreviated, which would better match a central layout. It is also difficult to know whether the placement of the letters given by Thorn is exact; if it is, this would mean that the lid was already damaged when the inscription was added, following the edge of the broken part.

The personal name Kartaimenes is not common and not attested elsewhere in Cyrenaica. Its first element, known also in some Homeric compounds, is a clue for an archaic formation.