Dedication

IGCyr031400

Trismegistos ID: 738307

Source Description

Support

A large and shallow rock-cut niche containing an altar with several compartments; in the back wall, two smaller niches, one of them square in shape, have been cut (dimensions not registered).

Layout

Inscribed on the back wall in three parts: a) on top, b) at left near the smaller niche, c) at right under the square niche (width 0.45).

Letters

Height not registered.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Perhaps fourth century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found before 1923 at Cyrene : Ain Hofra .

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in situ.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Ferri, 1923 , n. 10, whence SEG , 9.330. Cf. Lazzarini, 1998 , p. 312.

Text

a
Ἀριστ[---]  τῶ Ζεύ[ξ]ιος
b
Εὐμενί(δων)
c
Ζηνός

Apparatus

a.2 Ζεύ[ξ]ιος : SEG ,  Ζεύ[ξιδ?]ος

French translation

Appartenant à Arist[---]  fils de Zeuxis.

(Autel) des Euménides.

(Autel)de Zeus.

English translation

Belonging to Arist[---]  son of Zeuxis.

(Altar) of the Eumenides.

(Altar) of Zeus

Italian translation

Appartenente ad Arist[---]  figlio di Zeuxis.

(Altare) delle Eumenidi.

(Altare) di Zeus.

Commentary

The three inscription on this wall are probably belonging together, but were cut separately and are not related syntactically, a) giving the name of the whorshipper, b) and c) indicating the spaces devoted respectively to the Eumenides and to Zeus.

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