Support: A double rock-cut altar with two shallow compartments (approximate dimensions estimated from photograph w: 0.905 × h: 0.13 × d: 0.15); immediately to the left of IGCyr134000².

Layout: Inscribed on the front below the compartments on the whole width.

Letters: 0.09; slanting sigma, middle-sized omicron.

Date: Perhaps second half of fifth or beginning of fourth century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found in 2012 by the Mission of Urbino at Cyrene ➚: in the lower part of Wadi el Aish.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: First studied in 2012 by E. Rosamilia in situ in the Southern Extra-Mural Sacred Zone.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

Apparatus

French translation

(scil. Autel) d'Aristippos.

English translation

(scil. Altar) of Aristippos.

Italian translation

(scil. Altare) di Aristippos.

Commentary

In this area there are some altars inscribed with a personal name, which should be that of the worshipper (IGCyr134400²), like in the near Southern pivate sacred zone East and Southern private sacred zone West. There are also altars bearing divine names, such as IGCyr134000², which is just next to this one.

E. Rosamilia did not exclude the loss of one letter at the end, which would provide the nominative of the name. However he preferred to edit a complete name, thus at the genitive with an archaic spelling of long ο with omicron. This seems to be preferable because one supplementary letter would exceed the exact dimensions of the altar. If so, the inscription is one of the most ancient ones of the whole series of inscribed altars of the area.

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Images

Fig. 1. View of igcyr133900 Owner's mark

Fig. 2. Face of igcyr133900 Owner's mark

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