Description: Limestone altar, moulded above and below,
recomposed from two pieces, (w:
0.33 x h:
0.96 x d:
0.33).
Text: Inscribed on one face.
Letters: First-second century: 0.06.
Date: First to second centuries CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
Temple of Isis; photographed in 1924.
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location:
Temple of Isis: standing against the east internal wall beside C.301 (2008).
English translation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
(scil. Altar) of Luna
Commentary
See also Martis in C.301. Clearly from a series dedicated to the gods of the seven planets and days of the week, see P. Duval, 'Les Dieux de la semaine' in Travaux sur la Gaule (1989) at Persée
The use of Latin on a monument in the sanctuary of Apollo is most unusual.
Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 78 and fig. 66 (from T.XI 27).
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
