Description: Limestone altar,
moulded above and below (w:
0.56 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.
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.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(Not usefully translatable)
Commentary
All the altars in this set that can be legible contain unusual elements. There is a discussion by Pugliese-Carratelli (1963).
a 1: on the analogy of the other altars in the group, this line should contain the name of the god or goddess in the dative. A dative in -οι is possible, but it may be that here the genitive was used. If so the line may have read e.g. [Π]άνο[ς] (Pan), or [Ὠκε]ανο[ῦ] (Ocean).
Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 156.6, fig 120 (drawing only), whence Robert, Bulletin Épigraphique, 1964.570; Catani, 2007, 6 whence SEG 57.2023, Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique, 2008.604.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
