Dedication to unclear goddesses
created: Transcription from previous editors.
source date: Possibly Hellenistic, but too rough to date with any precision
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] 5183, from [...], pl. LXVI.4; [...], n. 1 and fig. 13, whence [...], 9.727; [...] 051800.

Cf. [...], pp. 10-11; [...], p. 162, footnote 41, whence [...], 33.1614; [...], pp. 428-429; [...], p. 166; [...], pp. 310-311, pl. XXIX-XXX.

[...]ο[...]ρα[...] τὰς θυρίδας Ζώπυρος ἀνέθηκε ταῖς θεαῖς.

ο[...]ρα[^1][^a1] θυρίδας[^2][^a2] ἀνέθηκε[^3][^a3]

[^a1: ο[...]ρα | βαλαδ | om.]

[^a2: θυρίδας | ὀφρίδας]

[^a3: ἀνέθηκε | ἀνέθηκε]

[^1: Reynolds' reading]

[^2: Reynolds' reading]

[^3: Reynolds' reading]

[...] Zôpyros a consacré les niches aux déesses.

[...] Zopyros dedicated the niches to the goddesses.

[...] Zopyros ha dedicato le nicchie alle dee.

[---] كرس زوبيروس المِشْكَاوَاتٌ أو الكُوَّاتٌ للمؤلهين

Ferri regarded the text as contemporary, or nearly so, with the construction of the chamber and stated that it had been subsequently covered with stucco several times.

It seems possible that several texts have been cut at different times in this panel.

For θυρίς meaning 'niche', already suspected by Ferri, see [...], p. 162, footnote 41, who gives papyrological and epigraphical parallels and also [...], p. 166.

At l. 5 Ferri thought that the goddesses were the Nymphs, on behalf of his interpretation of IGCyr051900, which is far from clear. But Laronde, followed by Marini, argues that the terracottas and sculptures found in the cave testify that they were mother-goddesses favouring fertility.