Dedication to the Eumenides
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Perhaps ca. 300 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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C. Dobias-Lalou in [...], p. 181, fig. 10, n. 22, whence [...], 60.1830; [...], pp. 230-231 and fig. 5.; [...] 114000.

Κάλλις Εὐμενίδων

Εὐμενίδων[^a1]

[^a1: Εὐμενίδων | ΕΥ]

Kallis; autel des Euménides.

Kallis; altar of the Eumenides.

Kallis; altare delle Eumenidi.

A personal name inscribed in front of a rock-cut altar is usual in Cyrenaica, showing the place where the man worships a deity. Usually, there are no father's names. In this occurrence, it might be possible that ευ would be the abbreviated form of the father's name, as many names in Eu- are common in Cyrenaica.

More convincing however is the idea of an abbreviation of the name of the Eumenides, who were also worshipped at other places in similar contexts. At Ain Hofra there is no instance of so short an abbreviation (see IGCyr030900 and followings), whereas the same one occurs at an unidentified place near Cyrene: IGCyr064600.

Alternatively, it might even be a full-word εὖ in a formula of good wish: 'Kallis, good luck', but this seems less probable because of the presence of the altars.