Support: Rock-cut niche (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Inscribed on two sides of the niche.

Letters: Height not registered.

Date: Perhaps fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1923 at Cyrene ➚: Ain Hofra.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in Ain Hofra.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

(scil. Autel) des Euménides. (scil. Autel) de Zeus.

English translation

(scil. Altar) of Eumenides. (scil. Altar) of Zeus.

Italian translation

(scil. Altare) delle Eumenidi. (scil. Altare) di Zeus.

Commentary

When seeing the inscription, C. Dobias-Lalou did not see anything after the iota of the third syllable in the name of the Eumenides. Following the numerous examples cut in the neighbourhood with the plural, she was prone to edit, as above, a plural. However, on Ferri's copy there are several short bars scrawled after that iota, which might be relevant for a sigma. One Eumenide at the singular is now known near Cyrene (see IGCyr133800²), so that this possibility should not be completely excluded.

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Fig. 1. Drawing of igcyr030900 Dedication to the Eumenides and Zeus

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