Support: Fragment from the rim and body of a bowl of white medium-grained marble (w: 0.12 × h: 0.075 × d: 0.02).

Layout: Inscribed a) on the body, b) on the rim.

Letters: 0.025.

Date: Perhaps third century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 1971 during the American excavations at Cyrene ➚: Enclosed sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, area F11.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, Storeroom of the American excavations, 71-715. Seen by J. Reynolds at Shahat: in the Storeroom of the American excavations. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

French translation

a) Intraduisible.

b) Consacré par [Untel et Untel].

English translation

a) Not usefully translatable.

b) Dedicated by [So-and-so and So-and-so].

Italian translation

a) Intraducibile.

b) Dedicato dal [ tale e dal tale].

Commentary

Such marble bowls were often dedicated in sanctuaries of Cyrene. Only fragments of them have been found up to now (see for instance IGCyr118900²). Most of them are inscribed only on the rim. Reynolds suggested that both textparts were linked together, (a) giving with its final iota the name of the deity (Demeter or Kore) to whom the bowl was dedicated and (b) having the end of the verb of dedication; however, a gap inside this verb would be rather puzzling. It is difficult to decide without any image.

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