Support
Limestone altar with three compartments, chipped off at many places (0.78; 0.26;0.52; left compartment 0.17;0.42, middle compartment 0.2;0.42, right compartment 0.17;0.42).
Layout
Inscribed on front face in correspondence with each compartment.
Letters
0.025; deeply cut and not very well aligned letters; small delta and omicron.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Perhaps fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1933 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo, near the Wall of Nicodamos .
Later recorded Location
Seen by D. Morelli in 1960 in situ.
Last recorded Location
Observed in situ by C. Dobias-Lalou. Observed again in 2010, more decayed than in 1983.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Morelli, in SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , 220 (no image).
1 [c. 4 - 6] ++ : SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography (nothing was read by Morelli here) || Ἑκάτα : SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography Ἑκ̣άτα || Ἀ̣φροδ[ίτα] : SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography Ἀφροδί[τα]
(Telle divinité), Hécate, Aphrodite.
(Such-and-such deity), Hekate, Aphrodite.
(La tal divinità), Ecate, Afrodite.
The block was probably in a better condition in 1960 when Morelli observed it, than in 1983; and since 1983 its condition has become worse.
Most such altars have the genitive of the god's name, mentioning him (or her) as the owner of the altar. However there are a few instances of the nominative (so IGCyr102920), which we do also entitle 'dedication' for the sake of unity of the series. On the other hand, on behalf of the very poor condition of the surface it is not quite impossible that the names were originally at the genitive, with both final sigmas already lost in 1960.
Morelli wrote that he had seen this stone at the 'agorà degli dei'. In spite a similarities between both places, that denomination is more usual for the space West of the Strategeion and we suspect an error of his.
About the clearance of the area and the discovery of the group of altars (IGCyr102800, IGCyr102900, IGCyr103200, IGCyr103300, IGCyr103400, IGCyr103430) see now Luni, 2014 Luni, M., 2014, Attività di Carlo Anti, Luigi Pernier e Gaspare Oliverio (1923-1938), in M. Luni (ed.), La scoperta di Cirene. Un secolo di scavi, 1913-2013, Monografie di archeologia libica37, Cirene Atene d'Africa8, Roma, 123-156 - see in bibliography , p. 141.
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