Dedication to Zeus

IGCyr031050

Trismegistos ID: 738303

Source Description

Support

Limestone rock-cut altar with at least three compartments and a square recess in the rear wall, (dimensions not registered).

Layout

Inscribed on the rear wall, above the recess.

Letters

Height not registered; spool-shaped zeta.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Perhaps fourth century B.C. (context, lettering)

Findspot

Found by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 at Cyrene : Ain Hofra .

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Not previously published.

Text

Ζη(νός)

Apparatus

1 (the last three letters might also be worn out)

French translation

(Autel) de Zeus.

English translation

(Altar) of Zeus.

Italian translation

(Altare) di Zeus.

Commentary

This inscription seems to have escaped Ferri, who copied the other rocky altars of that area.

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