Description: Limestone
altar, moulded above and below (w:
0.54 x h:
1.10 x d:
0.40);
one of a set of 6 altars, C.323, C.324, C.325,
C.326, C.327, C.328.
Text: Inscribed on one face. a is
on the upper moulding, b on the face below.
Letters: Probably second century, 0.08; lunate epsilon and sigma. Oliverio recorded rubrication.
Date: Probably second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene: Fountain Terrace: Found probably in 1931, collected together, the inscriptions were turned face inwards,
near the rock face, beside the Byzantine lime kilns.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Findspot.
a: SECir, 1961-1962
b: Συναφε[ῖ] SECir, 1961-1962
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] connected.
Commentary
All the altars in this set that can be legible contain unusual elements. There is a discussion by Pugliese-Carratelli (1963).
a: Perhaps Ἀφροδείτα as in C.323; we have found no parallel epithet for any goddess. Pugliese-Carratelli suggested perhaps [Π]α[ν]ί, noting that [Ζ]α[ν]ί is excluded because the form Ζηνί is constant at Cyrene.
Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 156.5, fig 119 (drawing only), whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1964.570; Catani, 2007, 5, whence SEG 57.2022, Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 2008.604.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
