Description: Bottom left-hand corner of base of large-grained white marble
(w:
0.105 x h:
0.05 x d:
0.05);
stained brown, damaged along all edges.
Text: Ιnscribed on the face, which is chipped.
Letters: Perhaps first century BCE - first century CE: 0.016 (omicron a little smaller than the rest); rho with a square bowl; poor
alignment.
Date: Perhaps first century BCE to first century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, found in 1974
during excavations: area E12/13,E,1. .
Original location: Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore.
Last recorded location:
Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations
(Inv. no. 74.337)
English translation
Translation source: Reynolds, 2012
. . . to Demeter and] Kore he/she dedicated (scil. this).
Commentary
Kore figures here in the koine form of the dative case, so Demeter, if named, should do so too; ταῖ (line 1) would give the Doric form of the dative feminine article, so is unlikely to have referred to Demeter.
The poor quality of the lettering suggests a donor of modest status.
Bibliography: Reynolds, 2012, A.24, whence SEG 62.1795.12.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Right side (Donald White)