Dedication to Hekate
created: Transcription from previous editor.
source date: End of sixth or beginning of fifth century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Morelli in [...], 219 (no image); [...], p. 13; [...] 102920. Cf. [...].

hεκάτα

hεκάτα[^a1]

[^a1: hεκάτα | Ἡκάτα]

Hécate.

Hekate.

Ecate.

Morelli gave neither image nor precision about the characters. He only expressed some surprise at the first letter being an eta.

On the one hand, if the lettering allowed to place this inscription at the end of the sixth or the beginning of the fifth century, eta would stand for [he] in a period when its new value of [e:] was not yet quite customary. On the other hand, most altars with compartments seem to belong rather to the Hellenistic period; eta would then be erroneous for epsilon. We choose nevertheless the former reading which seems more sensible.

Another queer point is the use of the nominative, for most other altars have the genitive, which mentions the god (or goddess) as owner of the altar. See however a possible instance at IGCyr103000.