Description: Apparently a rectangular statue base, the width greater than the height.
Text: Inscribed on the face, apparently within a panel or frame.
Letters: No measurements; lines 1-2 in larger letters, with elegant stops; line 3 somewhat smaller, lines 4-5 smaller.
Date: Second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
very probably the Extra mural Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore;
recorded in 1825.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Findspot 1825
Italian translation
Translation source: Vitali, 1932
Claudia Venosta, figlia di Claudio Cartìstheno Melior, pose una statua con la nicchia a proprie spese.
English translation
Translation source: Reynolds, 2012
Claudia Venusta, daughter of Claudius Kartisthenes Melior, gave the Kore from her own funds, and the temple.
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
Kl(audia) Benosta (i.e. Cl(audia) Venusta), daughter of Kl(audios) (i.e. Cl(audius)) Kartisthenes Melior (scil. gave) the Kore from her own funds, and the temple.
Commentary
Claudia Venusta and her father also figure in C.495, C.456, C.497 and C.498 which record other dedications that she made, almost certainly in this Sanctuary. See further on C.456.
Bibliography: Pacho, 1827 LXIII.3, and Letronne p. 394, whence CIG, Vol.III, 5140; from this SGDI, 4848; Vitali, 1932, 163, see also 137; Reynolds, 2012, B.4.
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Transcription (1827, Pacho, plate LXIII)
Fig. 2. Transcription detail (1827, Pacho, plate LXIII.3)