Dedication to Zeus

IGCyr032700

Trismegistos ID: 738320

Source Description

Support

Probably an altar cut in the rock, perhaps inside a niche (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Inscribed on the rock.

Letters

height unknown.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

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

Findspot

Found before 1923 at Cyrene : Ain Hofra .

Present Location

Not found by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editor (CDL).

Bibliography

Ferri, 1923 , n. 15, whence SEG , 9.343.

Text

Ζη(νὸς) Εὐερ[γ]έ[τα]

Apparatus

French translation

(Autel) de Zeus appartenant à Euergetas.

English translation

(Altar) of Zeus belonging to Euergetas.

Italian translation

(Altare) di Zeus appartenente a Euergetas.

Commentary

Ferri ( Ferri, 1923 , p. 14) wondered whether Εὐεργε was the beginning of a divine epithet or of a personal name. However, in this area Zeus is only called Μηλίχιος, whereas the personal name Εὐεργέτας, although not attested in Cyrenaica, is quite plausible and would fit the context better.

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