Description: . Fragment of a limestone base
(w:
0.37 x h:
0.165 x d:
0.32);
broken away at letter side and damaged on all surfaces.
Text: Ιnscribed on the face.
Letters: Letters, perhaps first century BCE: 0.025 - 0.03.
Date: Probably first century BCE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, found in
1971 during excavations: area E15,3,3.
Original location: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations
(Inv. no. 71.713, now 375.4.)
English translation
Translation source: Reynolds, 2012
. . . ] and their [piety] towards [the gods ?goddesses . . .
Commentary
If, as seems probable, this text belongs to the group in which the city of Cyrene honours a benefactor (see on C.445), line 1 will have contained the honorand’s name, line 2 an account of his or her virtues - in the first place perhaps nothing more specific than ἀρετή, in the second piety (possibly towards τᾶς θεάς or to the gods in general), and we would expect a line 3 with Κυραναῖοι, but the space here seems inadequate for a third line.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.21, whence SEG 62.1793.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face
Fig. 2. Face
Fig. 3. Face (Donald White)
Fig. 4. Face (Donald White)
Fig. 5. Face (Donald White)