Support: Collective limestone altar built from at least two big blocks, forming a rectangular base, upon which lies a table with at least five compartments; cornices on top and below; the table has been recut and only three compartments survive on the left (w: 1.93 × h: 0.62 × d: 0.60).

Layout: Inscribed on the edge of the compartments, the separation marks not corresponding strictly to a limit of compartment (w: 0.675 × h: 0.045).

Letters: 0.03-0.04.

Date: Third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1923 at Cyrene ➚: under Southern part of Byzantine Baths.

Place of origin: Cyrene ➚.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in the second room to the east of the vestibule or the Byzantine Baths.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

(scil. Autel) d'Hécate, d'Hygie, de Panacée, d'Héraklès, de [---].

English translation

(scil. Altar) of Hekate, of Hygieia, of Panakeia, of Heracles, of [---].

Italian translation

(scil. Altare) di Ecate, di Igea, di Panacea, di Eracle, di [---].

Commentary

For a similar altar with five compartments, see IGCyr081400².

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr022300 Dedication to Hecate and other deities

Fig. 2. View of igcyr022300 Dedication to Hecate and other deities

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