Description: Left side of a small marble base
(w:
0.51 x h:
0.21 x d:
0.22).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: First century CE: 0.018.
Date: First century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Altar of Artemis, among debris in the upper layers;
recorded in 1927.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Aiglanor, (scil. son) of A[-? son] of Karnedas, serving as priest [?dedicated]
Commentary
For the altar, see Oliverio, loc.cit. 128f.
Oliverio's reconstruction is without a close parallel; the restoration here follows Marengo, an alternative which corresponds with more normal practice; perhaps Αἰγλάνωρ Α[ἰγλάνορος τῶ] / Καρνήδα.
Bibliography: Oliverio, 1929, 7, p.128, and fig. 16. p.122, on which Roussel, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1930, p.216, whence SEG 9.118, PHI 323972; discussed by Marengo, 1991a, 496-500, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1992.584, SEG 41.1697
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (C. Dobias-Lalou, 2004: MFA 04/II/28)