Description: One of a group of six marble bases for statues of the Muses, inscribed with
C.24, C.25, C.26,
C.27, C.28, C.29; a seventh is uninscribed.
Rectangular base, unmoulded, (w:
0.37 x h:
0.09 x d:
0.34)
carrying a statue of a muse complete except for the head and right hand.
Text: Inscribed on the base.
Letters: Second to third centuries; atypical at Cyrene and possibly cut elsewhere; 0.04; rubricated.
Date: Second to third centuries CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Theatre 2;
found between 1962 and 1966.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Klio
Commentary
For the statues see Menozzi, art.cit. For another group of Muses, see on C.60. The context of both sets was probably connected with the Gymnasium.
Bibliography: Menozzi, 1998, whence Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1999.611, SEG 48.2062
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Statue, with inscription on plinth (Reynolds VIII.32)
Fig. 2. Statue, front (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 3. Plinth (2008, H.Walda)