Five non-joining inscribed fragments, all plausibly associated with the base of a Ptolemaic royal Familiengruppe were discovered separately at the Delphic sanctuaryof Apollo between 1893 aud 1923
The interpretation of the fragmentary, partially published IG II2 1498-1501A, hasbeen no easy task for scholars, all of whom have plausibly associated it with Lykourgos' reforms in the 330's BC but still debate on the particulars including its meaning