Dedication
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Probably second century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] λωτῆρα ἀνέθηκε [...]

[...]τε[...]

[...] a consacré la vasque [...].

[...] dedicated the basin [...].

[...] ha dedicato la vasca [...].

[---] أهدى [الح؟] وض [---].

A photograph from the Department of Antiquities, plausibly taken before World War II, preserved in J.M. Reynolds' photographic archive, shows fragment b and c already pasted together. However, this restoration did not last and fragment b is now lost (IGCyr119800 stand on the same photograph).

Fragments a, b and c together bear the usual verb of dedication. The ending ΗΡΑ, preserved before the verb might be intended either as the ending of a father's personal name at the genitive case or as the ending of a noun at the accusative case. For the former hypothesis, although there is no name attested in Cyrenaica with an ending -ηρας, nick-names Πανθηρᾶς or Σπινθηρᾶς are to be found elsewhere. On the other hand, the word λωτήρ (λουτήρ in koine), which means 'washbasin' and was originally used for a water container, is also attested in many a city of Asia Minor for containers of oil for oinment in the gymnasium. This reading seems on the whole more convincing. For another basin referring to the sphere of gymnic activities, see IGCyr120400. For a possible support of such a basin, see IGCyr089000.

The place and meaning of fragment d cannot be restored with confidence.