Epitaph (?)
created: Transcription from editors' photographs.
source date: End of second or beginning of first century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...]ινος Βωλ[...] [...] [...]δευ [...] [...]

[...]ινος[^a1] [...]δευ[...][^a2]

[^a1: [...]ινος | [...]νιος]

[^a2: [...]δευ[...] | [...]λευ[...]]

Intraduisible.

Not usefully translatable.

Intraducibile.

غير قابل للترجمة بشكل جيد

The careful making and lettering of this stele show a high level in the society, which is in accordance with the impressive monument nearby. The survey has shown that it was first a tomb, later on extended and functionnally changed, perhaps into a temple. Although no dates are available, the stele should rather be related to the first phase, hence the supposed funerary character. Given the small lettering and large space available, it might even be a verse epitaph. However too little is preserved to allow a sure classification.

The last three letters of line 1 almost surely belong to a personal name, for which both Βωλακλῆς and Βωλαγόρας are attested in Cyrenaica. The preceding letters probably belong to a personal name although an adjective is not impossible. The latter possibility should be kept in mind because at line 2 another personal name ending with -κλῆς or -είδης at the genitive is a good possibility. However, this in turn is far from sure, as a word containing -λευ- or -δευ- is also possible.