Support: Part of a white, brown stained, marble base with recess on top for a statue; broken off at right and behind (w: 0.165 × h: 0.065 × d: 0.12).

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.0175; carefully cut letters without serifs, sigma and mu with four markedly slanting strokes.

Date: Perhaps third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1973 at Cyrene ➚: Enclosed sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, Western part, upper terrace, grid C 12/13.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 73-7 (American excavations). Seen by J.M. Reynolds in 1973 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editors.

Apparatus

French translation

Dionysios [---] à Dèmèter [et à Korè a consacré?].

English translation

Dionysios [---] to Demeter [and to Kore dedicated?].

Italian translation

Dionysios [---] a Demetra e [a Kore ha dedicato?].

Commentary

As Reynolds 2012, puts it, the name Dionysios, which is plausibly restored, might belong to the dedicant (hence nominative) or to the person whose statue was dedicated by someone else (hence accusative). It depends on the width of the original base, as well as of the divine name or names to be restored at l. 2, with or without a verb.

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