<rs type="textType">Dedication</rs> to the Muses and the Nymphs Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica Università di Bologna IGCyr096200 738472 igcyr096200 https://igcyr.unibo.it/igcyr096200

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 Cyrene Museum 255

White marble rectangular base with a hole on top, broken off at back and at both lower angles ( 0.41 0.10 0.20 ).

 Inscribed on front face in three lines symmetrically displaid along vertical axis; however in the second half of l. 1 the letters are more pressed close to one another. 0.01; no serifs, alpha with dropped bar, smaller theta and omicron, xi with central vertical stroke, rho with small loop, non-slanting sigma, calice-shaped upsilon, very small loop of phi. Findspot. Probably second century B.C.

Found by G. Oliverio in 1925 at Cyrene: in the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Seen by Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1976 at the same place.

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Bibliography

, p. 157 (mention of find); , XI.70 , whence SECir, 52 ; , 1964.562 .

Text Αἰσχίνης Σωσάρχου, Καλλίκλεια Ξούθου, Βασὼ Αἰσχίνου Μούσαις καὶ Νύμφαις ἀνέθηκαν.
Apparatus

Βασώ Βασῶ from the Roberts' commentary

Aiskhinès fils de Sôsarkhos, Kallikleia fille de Xouthos et Basô fille d'Aiskhinès ont consacré ce monument aux Muses et aux Nymphes.

Aischines son of Sosarchos, Kallikleia daughter of Xouthos and Baso daughter of Aischines dedicated this monument to the Muses and to the Nymphs.

Aischines figlio di Sosarchos, Kallikleia figlia di Xouthos e Basò figlia di Aischines hanno dedicato questo monumento alle Muse e alle Ninfe.

Commentary

The father's names show that Baso was the daughter of Aischines and Kallikleia would have been their daughter.

Two readings are possible for a name written ΒΑΣΩ, either a nominative Βασώ or an accusative Βασῶ. Pugliese Carratelli printed the nominative reading, which was clearly Oliverio's option, as he had already mentioned the find at , p. 157 as a dedication made by 'the family of Aischines son of Sositratos'. This position was endorsed by C. Dobias-Lalou at , p.98 . Conversely, J. and L. Robert had opted for an accusative, thus a dedication of the statue of the girl by her parents. In fact Muses and Nymphs would be the right patronesses for a young girl. However a circular hole on top of this small and low base would not support a statue. The nominative seems eventually better, but the question should perhaps remain open.