IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.398. Dedication of a statue

Description: Rectangular base carrying a statue of the child Herakles.
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: Second-third century; lunate epsilon, cursive omega; a large ivy leaf concludes the text. HP in ligature

Date: Second to third centuries CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Sanctuary of Apollo; found before 1941
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Findspot.

Interpretive

Τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ ((leaf))

Diplomatic

ΤΩΗΡΑΚΛΕΙ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

For Herakles.

Commentary

No comment (2020).

Bibliography: Paribeni, 1959, 477, pl. 207, whence SEG 17.807, PHI 324418.
Text constituted from: Read from the photograph. (Reynolds).

Images

None available (2020).