Funerary inscription
created: Transcription (Reynolds).
source date: Probably second century CE
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 4 and plate IV, whence [...] 42.1671

Αἰάλαν Αἰαλάντοϲ ἐτῶν ξ Πελήα Ϲώσιϲ ἐτῶν α Παναρίϲτα Ϲώσιϲ ἐτῶν οε Ἀρίϲτιπποϲ Αἰαλάντοϲ ἐτῶν νβ Αἰάλαν Ἀριϲτίππω ἐτῶν κε

Translation

Aialan son of Aialan, aged 60

Pelea daughter of Sosis, ? aged 1

Panarista(?) daughter of Sosis, aged 75

Aristippos(?) son of Aialan, aged 52

Aialan son of Aristippos aged 25

Commentary

Line 3: it is just possible that another figure was cut and then erased between and Ζ

Lines 4,6: both women were presumably daughters of a Sosis, but for both the genitive case of the patronymic is incorrectly formed (Σώσις for Σώσιος); compare Τιμις, M.150

Line 5: the figure might be λ' = 30, but the shape of serifs on the base line seems to rule out Δ = 4. It is not absolutely clear whether LA here concludes the preceding item or opens the next; it has a dropped bar which links it with line 4 and distinguished it from what follows.

Line 7: in the damaged area it is difficult to distinguish strokes from accidental scratches and the reading is not quite certain - a name like Πάσιππος is also possible.

Lines 1, 2, 7, 9: For the Libyan name Αιαλαν see [...].. The other names are Greek and, with the exception of Παναρίστα well-known in Cyrene and its neighbourhood, see LGPN.