Support
Cut on the natural rock wall (dimensions not registered).
Layout
Inscribed on three lines, perhaps independant; only line 1 (width 0.69) was still visible in 1982, and pehaps line 2, partly wiped out.
Letters
Height not registered; widely open mu.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Perhaps fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in situ (line 1 and perhaps 2).
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Ferri, 1923 Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography , n. 2, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.327. Cf. Forbes, 1956 Forbes, K., 1956, Some Cyrenean Dedications, Philologus100, 235-252 - see in bibliography , whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 16.872; Lazzarini, 1998 Lazzarini, M.L., 1998, Zeus Meilichios e le Eumenidi: alcune considerazioni, in E. Catani, S.M. Marengo (eds.), La Cirenaica in età antica: atti del Convegno internazionale di studi, Macerata, 18-20 Maggio 1995, Ichnia1, Pisa-Roma, 311-317 - see in bibliography , p. 311.
1 [Ζ]ε̣̣̄νὶ : SEG
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography
[Ζ]ηνί
3
Εὐμ(ενίσι) Δάμας : Ferri, 1923
Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography
Ευμ(ενίδων)Δαμασ(ιστράτω) (personal name completed exempli gratia) : SEG
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography
,
- see in bibliography
Εὐ⸢ρυ⸣
lapis: μδάμας
À Zeus Mélikhios et aux Euménides. Aux Euménides Damas (a consacré).
To Zeus Melichios and to the Eumenides. To the Eumenides Damas (dedicated).
A Zeus Melichios e alle Eumenidi. Alle Eumenidi Damas (ha dedicato).
Δάμας being a good personal name, it is probably associated at line 3 with an abbreviated form of the name of the Eumenides, as it is just above and also in other inscriptions of this group at Ain Hofra.
Differently from nearby inscriptions, this one was cut directly on the rocky cliff and not associated with an altar. Another difference is the dative case of the divine names, indicating a formula of dedication.
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