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 Cyrene Museum 3372

White marble base with plain mouldings on top and below on three sides, reddish from earth; probably re-used upside down, whence a dowel hole in the lower face; the front face is broken off below ( 0.53 0.30 0.32 ).

 Inscribed in three lines on front face ( 0.49 0.105 ). 0.025; no serifs, dotted theta, large circular letters, slanting sigma. Findspot. Fourth century B.C.

Found by G. Oliverio not after 1938 at Cyrene: Sanctuary of Apollo (so-called 'Piazzale' Oliverio).

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 and again 1997 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

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XV.54, whence SECir, 175 (no image).

Text Θεύδωρος Ἡρακλείτω Ἀθαναίαι
Apparatus

Ἡρακλείτω Ἡρακλείτου Ἀθαναίαι Ἀθαν after line 3, SECir, 175 has a lost line that is not confirmed by observation of the stone

Theudôros fils d'Hèrakleitos a consacré ce monument à Athèna.

Theudoros son of Herakleitos dedicated this monument to Athena.

Theudoros figlio di Herakleitos ha dedicato questo monumento ad Atena.

Commentary

This inscription was known to Pugliese Carratelli only through a drawing of Oliverio's, not given in the publication.

The condition of the stone, observed again in 1997 by C. Dobias-Lalou, was worse than in 1982, so that line 3 is now completely lost. But the photograph and squeeze made in 1982 allow a better reading at that line. The name of the dedicant has a dialectal form, as well as the ending of his father's name. This would be surprising if he was an Athenian. Moreover, the faint traces of alpha and iota at the end of the line and the space at left before the first letter make much more plausible the name of the goddess Athena: the base was a dedication and was placed where she was worshipped inside Apollo's sanctuary.