Dedication to the Heroes

IGCyr032100

Trismegistos ID: 738314

Source Description

Support

Rock-cut niche containing an altar with at least two compartments (dimensions not registered).

Layout

Inscribed on the rear wall, above the altar (width 0.43).

Letters

height not registered; deeply cut, all letters not on the same line and with different heights.

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. 6 bis, whence SEG , 9.337. Cf. Forbes, 1956 , whence SEG , 16.872; Lazzarini, 1998 , p. 312.

Text

Ἡρώων.

Apparatus

French translation

(Autel) des Héros.

English translation

(Altar) of the Heroes.

Italian translation

(Altare) degli Eroi.

Commentary

To our knowledge, the heroes are worshipped only at Ain Hofra, see e.g. IGCyr032200, IGCyr032300.

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