Support: Square altar with one compartment on top, apparently smoothened only on front; material unknown, dimensions unknown.

Layout: Inscribed.

Letters: Tall letters, as shown from the drawing.

Date: Fourth to third century BC (context).

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

Place of origin: Cyrene ➚.

Last recorded location: Not found.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor.

Apparatus

French translation

Intraduisible.

English translation

Not usefully translatable.

Italian translation

Intraducibile.

Arabic translation

لا يمكن ترجمته بشكل جيد.

Commentary

Known from Ferri, it belongs to the series of altars with compartments of the so-called 'agorà degli dei', as the drawing clearly shows; no dimensions given.

The first four letters might date from fourth century BC on; on the right, the drawing shows a serpentine line interpreted by Ferri as an iota, which would be an archaic ductus, quite out of date.

As for the meaning, a god's name would be predictable, but Ferri's idea of «una divinità, o almeno un appellativo, locale» is not conclusive.

Such altars sometimes have an owner's name, but this cannot be pushed either.

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Fig. 1. Drawing of igcyr022200 Dedication (?)

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