Dedication to the Curete

IGCyr103300

Trismegistos ID: 738548

Source Description

Support

Limestone altar with a square compartment on top and a small projecting moulding below the upper edge (0.45; 0.35;0.44).

Layout

Inscribed on front face (0.42;), at 0.04 under the moulding.

Letters

0.03; non-slanting sigma, smaller omicron.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Probably third century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found in 1933 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene : Sanctuary of Apollo, East of the Wall of Nicodamos .

Later recorded Location

een by D. Morelli in 1960 in situ.

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2010 in situ.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Morelli in SECir , 226 (no image).

Text

Κωρῆτος

Apparatus

French translation

(Autel du) Courète.

English translation

(Altar of the) Curete.

Italian translation

(Altare del) Curete.

Commentary

About the clearance of the area and the discovery of the group of altars (IGCyr102800, IGCyr102900, IGCyr103000, IGCyr103200, IGCyr103400, IGCyr103430) see Luni, 2014 , p. 141.

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