Support
Probably an altar, perhaps inside a niche, cut in the rock (dimensions unknown).
Layout
Inscribed in two lines.
Letters
Height unknown; regularly cut, slantering mu and sigma.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Perhaps first half of third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Present Location
Not found by IGCyr team.
Text constituted from
Transcription from previous editor.
Ferri, 1923 Ferri, S., 1923, Contributi di Cirene alla storia della religione greca, Roma - see in bibliography , n. 20, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.336; Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, Le dialecte des inscriptions grecques de Cyrène, Karthago25, Paris - see in bibliography , p. 93, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 50.1637. 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. 312. .
1 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, Le dialecte des inscriptions grecques de Cyrène, Karthago25, Paris - see in bibliography ἴδιος ('altare privato', Ferri) : SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 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 Διός
(Autel) des Euménides et des Héros, appartenant en propre à Démétrios.
(Altar) of the Eumenides and of the Heroes, the own property of Demetrios.
(Altare) delle Eumenidi e degli Eroi, proprietà di Demetrios.
SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.336 wrongly dates the inscription to the fifth century B.C.; Forbes, 1956 Forbes, K., 1956, Some Cyrenean Dedications, Philologus100, 235-252 - see in bibliography rightly pointed that the lettering is rather of the third century B.C. The use of the koine in the name of the owner leads C. Dobias-Lalou to the same conclusion, more precisely in the first half of the century in view of the shapes of mu and sigma.
Ferri's drawing is very clear and the adjective ἴδιος is sure (for a similar use, see IGCyr007000). This formulation gives a clear confirmation of the meaning of personal names engraved beside divine names on or near the other altars of the area (IGCyr031100, IGCyr031300, IGCyr031400) and in other places.
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