History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene

Chapter XIX: Conclusion (2)

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93. Heroic (?) head, bound with diadem; hair unfinished. Height, 4 in. (135).

94. Youthful heroic head, looking to right; hair in short curls. Height, 10 in. (56).

95. Head of boy; at back of head, drapery. Height, 9 in. (57).

96. Aged male head; portrait. Broken off at neck; nose slightly injured. Height, 7 in. (58).

97. Youthful male head, in conical cap. Atys (?). Hair long. Height, 9½ in. (59).

98. Female head, bound with diadem; the crown cut off. Traces of red colour in the hair. Height, 6 in. (144).

99. Vine branch round trunk from statue. Height, 6 in. (123).

100. Fragment of group representing lion on back of bull. Rude and late. Height, 8 in. (112).

101. Head of bull. Rude. Height, 5 in. (113).

102. Legs of standing figure, clad in talaric _chiton_ and sandals; has been coloured red. Height, 9 in. (100).

103. Dog standing on hind legs, from group. Height, 9½ in. (121).

104. Head of Venus.—Hair covered with coif and bound with diadem. Badly preserved. Height, 4¼ in. (141).

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AUGUSTEUM.

105. Bust of Antoninus Pius.—Pl. 69.

106. Bust of Marcus Aurelius.—Pl. 70.

107. Head of Lucius Verus, broken at the neck.—Nose broken off; sculpture good, but condition indifferent. Height, 1 ft. (16).

108. Torso of a Roman emperor in a cuirass.—This is the torso which was seen by Beechey lying on the ground, and which he supposes to have belonged to the statue of a Ptolemy. The building near which it was found (marked “Palace” on the plan of Cyrene,—see _ante_, p. 76) was, probably, an Augusteum, or temple dedicated to one or more Roman emperors, as several imperial busts and statues were discovered here. This cuirass is very richly ornamented with reliefs. On the breastplate is a female figure, draped to the feet, representing Rome. On either side a Victory flies towards her to crown her; the Victory on the right carries a cornucopia and a sash, the one on the left a trumpet. The feet of Rome rest on the back of the wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus, whose figures have been broken away. On the lower part of the cuirass are, in the centre, the head of Jupiter Ammon, and on either side a winged youthful head, probably Perseus, between which and the head of Ammon is, on either side, an eagle with spreading wings. Under the cuirass is a jerkin, on which are two helmets and two swords in sheaths, arranged alternately with the reliefs already described. On either flank of the cuirass is an elephant’s head. This torso evidently belongs to the figure of a Roman emperor. As the reliefs are finely executed, it is probably a work of the Augustan age. Height, 4 ft. 6 in. (35).

109. A female figure, clad in a talaric _chiton_ girt at the waist and looped on the sleeves, over which falls a _peplos_, gathered over left arm; on the feet, shoes. The head and forearms wanting. Art coarse and late. Height, 5 ft. 9½ in. (33).

110. Bust, perhaps intended to represent the Empress Faustina the Younger, as the hair is waved and gathered up behind like hers. The nose is broken away, which makes it very difficult to identify the person represented. The shoulders are covered with a _peplos_, under which is a tunic. Fair Roman art. Height, 1 ft. 10 in. (18).

111. A block tapering upwards, which has perhaps been fitted into a niche. On one face is represented in low relief a youthful male figure wearing the Phrygian cap (Atys); his body is naked: on either side is a sword pointed downwards. Two holes are drilled in the plane of the relief, one on each side of the figure, apparently for the attachment of some ornament. Height, 8 in. (102).

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LARGE TEMPLE NEAR THE STADIUM. (See _ante_, p. 71.)

112. Part of a male head, rather larger than life; much injured by fire; the nose is destroyed, and the head broken in two pieces. This head is finely executed; the lips are painted red, the beard black. Height, 1 ft. 2½ in. (162).

113. Lower half of seated female figure, wearing a talaric _chiton_ and _peplos_. Demeter (?). Coarsely sculptured in stone of the country. Height, 6 in. (98).

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SMALL TEMPLE NEAR THE STADIUM. (See _ante_, p. 75.)

114. Female torso, perhaps the nymph Cyrene.—Pl. 67.

115. Aphrodite.—Pl. 67.

116. Fragment of face from colossal head; coarsely sculptured in blue marble. The nose, right cheek, and part of left eye, have been broken away; in the hair are traces of red colour. Height, 1 ft. 6 in. (54).

117. Fragment of a group representing a bull attacked by a lion. The bull is crouching; of the lion, who has sprung on him from behind, the fore paws only remain; the head of the bull is wanting. Height, 5¼ in. (115).

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TEMPLE OF BACCHUS.

118. Statue of Bacchus.—Pl. 61.

119. Panther, half couching; head to left; left paw raised; round neck wreath of ivy; right leg and lower jaw broken away. In the stone of the country. Height, 1 ft. 11 in. (156).

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FROM NEAR COLONNADE WEST OF TEMPLE OF BACCHUS.

120. Female figure, draped in talaric _chiton_ and _diploidion_, over which is a _peplos_ wound round the body and left arm. The right hand rests on the hip; the head and left hand are wanting. The drapery is well composed, and from the goodness of the sculpture, this statue is, probably, of the Augustan age, and may represent some member of the imperial family. Height, 5 ft. 7 in. (39).

121. Pallas Athene, clad in a talaric _chiton_, over which a _peplos_ is wound round the body. The ægis is shown on the bosom, apparently attached to the edge of the _peplos_, where it is doubled back between the breasts. The head and forearms are wanting. The drapery of this figure is well composed; the execution probably Roman. Height, 4 ft. 9½ in. (31).

122. Female figure, wearing a talaric _chiton_ and a _peplos_ drawn over the back of her head. The hair is waved in front, and bound with a _stephane_? Underneath the veil the hair is plaited, and twisted round the head, forming a sort of crown at the back. Red colour is very distinct on the _chiton_, over the left thigh. This figure is evidently a portrait, perhaps of a priestess. The execution is late and bad. The head-dress seems to be that of the time of Faustina the Elder. Height, 3 ft. 11 in. (24).

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SCULPTURES OF WHICH THE PLACE OF DISCOVERY HAS NOT BEEN NOTED.

123. Torso of male figure wearing a _chiton_ girt at the waist, over which is a _chlamys_ fastened on the breast and falling over the left arm and side; on the neck traces of red colour. The drapery is well composed and delicately sculptured. This torso belongs to the finest period of Greek art. Head, right arm, and shoulder, left hand and legs, wanting. Height, 12 in. (163).

124. Naked male torso; the head, right leg and thigh, left leg, left arm, and nearly all the right arm, wanting. The figure is youthful, the right shoulder and arm advanced, as if he was bending a bow; at back of right shoulder a deep circular hole, and on the same shoulder a depression, showing that a quiver has been attached behind. The type of this figure suggests an Eros; but as there are no wings, it is probably an Apollo bending his bow. The marble has been much injured by fire; but the sculpture is superior to that of most of the Cyrene sculptures. Height, 1 ft. 1 in. (118).

125. Group of Aphrodite and Eros. The goddess wears a _peplos_, which falls from her left shoulder, covering the left arm and side, and is wound round the right leg and thigh, partially concealing the left thigh; the left arm is bent, and near the shoulder is a projection where the hand has probably been attached; the action of the right arm, now wanting, cannot be ascertained; the left knee is bent; the head is wanting. At her right side has stood an Eros, of whom all that remains is the right leg and left foot. The Aphrodite is fairly modelled. This group probably came from the Temple of Venus. (See _ante_, No. 51.) Height, 1 ft. 10½ in. (69).

126. Relief. Lower half of Aphrodite, holding a slight fold of drapery across the hips; at her left side a dolphin, head downwards. Sculpture very late and coarse, in stone of the country. Probably from Temple of Venus, like No. 69. Height, 7½ in. (70).

127. Aristæus (?) Round the body a mantle which leaves the right arm and side bare to the waist, and is gathered up under left arm, being supported by the end of a long knotted staff on which this figure is leaning, and round which a serpent is twisted; at left side the _omphalos_ of Apollo: the head and left hand are wanting. The attitude, arrangement of the drapery, and staff with serpent, suggest an Æsculapius; but the form is too youthful, and the _omphalos_ connects the figure with Apollo. The name Aristæus seems, therefore, a probable attribution, as in the case of Nos. 158 and 65. Sculpture late and bad. Height, 2 ft. (85).

128. Male head, bearded; the nose wanting; probably a Roman emperor. It bears some resemblance to Pertinax. Art late and coarse. Height, 1 ft. ⁵⁄₁₀ in. (9).

129. Female figure seated in a chair, clad in a talaric _chiton_, girt at the waist, and a _peplos_ thrown over her lower limbs; her feet on a footstool; right arm thrown back over rail of chair, left arm bent; head, part of left foot, and both hands, wanting. Composition good. Height, 11½ in. (94).

130. Dionysos; in his right hand, now broken away, he has held an _amphora_; by his left foot is a jar; his hair is bound with ivy; he wears a mantle which leaves the right shoulder and chest, as far as the waist, bare. Sculpture very coarse and late, in stone of the country. Height, 1 ft. 3½ in. (80).

131. Head of Ariadne (?) bound with an ivy wreath, and a diadem over the forehead; the hair hangs down the neck; the teeth are shown as the lips were smiling; broken off at neck. Fair sculpture. This head seems too feminine in type for Bacchus, and may therefore be called with probability Ariadne (_cf._ No. 127). Height, 8½ in. (125).

132. Cybele seated in a chair, clad in a talaric _chiton_ and _peplos_; in right hand _phiale_, in lap a lion; on either side of chair, lion seated on his haunches. Height, 11½ in. (44).

133. Hermaphroditos; the body draped from the feet to below the hips; the left hand holds up drapery on the thigh; head and both arms wanting; hair has flowed down the back; the ends of a diadem hang down on each shoulder. Rudely sculptured. Height, 3 ft. 3½ in. (45).

134. Male head wearing pointed helmet, which appears to be covered with linen; the hair in thick and wavy masses over the forehead; the lower jaw broken away; the front teeth of the upper jaw are seen. Perhaps this head represents Atys; broken off at neck from statuette. Height, 4¼ in. (142).

135. Part of draped female statuette: with her right hand she is throwing a mantle over her shoulder, advancing left leg at the same time; head, left arm from shoulder, and both feet, wanting. Height, 1 ft. 8 in. (16).

136. Female bust, shoulders draped; hair waved and falling down on either side neck; inscribed on base with the name Nemesis, daughter of Orion, and the date 16. (See Inscription No. 35.) Obtained from the Arabs. Height, 9½ in. (91).

137. Female torso, wearing _chiton_ and _peplos_; head, legs, right forearm, and left hand, wanting: the left hand has held a cornucopia. This figure may therefore represent the goddess Fortune. Height, 7¼ in. (152).

138. Fragment from high relief, probably votive. Upper portion of male and female figure bearing offerings, probably to a divinity; the male figure stoops forward, holding in right hand some object, perhaps a flower; he is naked and bearded; the female figure who follows him holds up in right hand a fruit, perhaps a pomegranate; she wears a _chiton_ and _peplos_; her hair is gathered into a knot behind. Obtained from the Arabs. Height, 6 in. by 10 in. (95).

139. Male figure, right hand on hip; a mantle is wound round left shoulder and over right hip; head, right arm from shoulder to wrist, and left hand, wanting. Height, 9½ in. (63).

140. Male figure, wearing a mantle, which passes over left arm and across the chest, being gathered up under the right arm. This figure stands on the left leg, the right knee being bent; the left arm is placed behind the back. From the attitude, and arrangement of the drapery, it is probable that the right side leant on a staff, as in No. 158. In that case, we may suppose this figure to be Aristæus. (See _ante_, No. 85.) The head and nearly all the right arm are wanting. Height, 1 ft. 2 in. (65).

141. Torso of female figure, wearing talaric _chiton_, girt at the waist, and _peplos_ passing across the body and gathered over left arm; long hair falls over the shoulders behind. Coarsely sculptured in stone of the country. Height, 10 in. (108).

142. Female head, crowned with turreted _stephanos_, in front of which is a circular flower; hair in short curls. Broken off from statuette at neck. Height, 4½ in. (134).

143. Female head; hair gathered into a knot behind, and drawn back from the face; over the forehead a diadem; on the right-hand side of the head a projection, perhaps representing a mass of hair fastened over the diadem. Height, 4½ in. (138).

144. Upper portion of youthful male head; hair growing away from the face; broken off at the eyes; much damaged by fire; unfinished at the back. Probably from an heroic figure. Height, 3½ in. (147).

145. Iconic female bust; the hair drawn back from the face and gathered into a knot at the back of the head; a ringlet falls down each side of neck; shoulders draped. Sculpture late and bad. Height, 11 in. (148).

146. Lioness seated on hind legs. Very coarse and late. Height, 1 ft. 2 in. (155).

147. Bull’s head broken off at neck. Rudely sculptured in stone of the country. Height, 8¼ in. (114).

148. Relief, representing a votive ear. Coarse and late sculpture. Length, 10 in. by 6¾ in. (21).

No. IV.

INSCRIPTIONS DISCOVERED OR FOUND AT CYRENE.

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Most of the inscriptions which have been discovered at Cyrene are of the Roman period. In the following series those which are certainly of a date antecedent to the Roman annexation of Cyrene are indicated as belonging to “a good period.” In most of these inscriptions the Doric dialect is used, and appears to have prevailed at Cyrene till the Roman period, when the κοινή was gradually introduced.

No. 1.—Pl. 77.

Γ]νάϊον Κορνήλον Λέντολον

Ποπλίω υἱὸν Μαρκελλῖνον, πρεσ-

βευτὰν ἀντιστράταγον, τὸν

πάτρωνα καὶ σωτῆρα, Κυραναῖοι.

A dedication by the people of Cyrene to Cnæus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, son of Publius, here styled Ambassador, Proprætor, Patron, and Saviour. This inscription is engraved on a marble base found in the temple of Apollo, together with a pedestal, and a head representing the person to whom the dedication is made. (See _ante_, p. 42 and 93.) In the British Museum.

No. 2.

. . . . . . . . Ἱπποκλεῦς

Ἀγασικλῆς Φιλοκλεῦς

Ἀπόλλωνι δεκάταν.

A dedication of a tenth to Apollo, by Agasikles, son of Philokles, and some one, son of Hippokles. On a slab of marble found in some ruins to the north of the temple of Apollo. The upper part of this slab has been broken away. The letters are of a good period.

No. 3.

Πολιάνθης Ἀνάξιος

τὸμ πατέρα Ἄναξιν

Ξευξιμάχω τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι

δεκάταν ἀνέθηκε.

A dedication of a statue of Anaxis, son of Xeuximachos, by his son Polianthes, as a tenth to Apollo. On a slab of marble found on the site of the temple of Apollo, before excavations were commenced there. The letters are of a good period. Published, Böckh, Corpus Inscriptionum, III. 5133, but incorrectly. See _ibid._ p. 1240.

No. 4.

Τείσων Ἰάσονος

On a marble base found in some ruins on the north of the temple of Apollo. The letters are of the best period of Greek art.

No. 5.

ατη . . . . . . . .

το] ὺς ἑαυτοῦ

Ἀπόλλωνι.

On a small slab of marble, 1 foot 7 inches by 6 inches by 4 inches, found under the mosaic pavement in the temple of Apollo. It is evidently part of a dedication to Apollo. In the British Museum.

No. 6.—Pl. 78, 79.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

λ]οχαγοὶ τεθ[ρίππ]ων

Μναστοκλῆς Βαθυκλεῦς

Πίθακος Ἀριστωνύμω

Ἀρισταγόρας Φιλοκώμω

(5) Ἀριστοφάνης Κλευγένευς

Δαμασίστρατος Καλλίππω

Ἀριστόπολις Εὐρυπτολέμω.
--
λοχαγοὶ μονίππων

Αριστοκλῆς Στεφάνω

(10) Υξαν (_sic_) Εὐπτολέμω

Στράτων Κάρνιος

Πρᾶξις θευχρήστω

Πρατομήδης Φιλίππω.
--
Τριακατιάρχαι

(15) Πολυκλῆς Μελανίππω τῶ Ἀριστάνδρω

Ἀριστοφάνης Παρα[ι]βάτα

Καλλίμαχος Ἀνν[ικ]έριος

Βαθυκλῆς Νικοστράτω

Ἰάσων Δαιμένευς

(20) Πρῶρος Κύκνω

Θαλίαρχος Εὐρυπτολέμω

Κλέων Χάρωνος

Λύσις Ἐπικλεῦς

Φίλων Ἀννικέριος

(25) Ἡρίλοχος Ἐ[πι]βάτα

Καλλίστρατος Χριστωνύμω

Νίκανδρος Ἀλεσάνδρω

Χάρων Ἰάσονος

Νικόδαμος Θα . . . .

(30) Ὀνυμοκλῆς Πολυκλεῦς

Ἱππόδαμος Φιλο[δάμ]ω.
--
λοχαγοὶ πεζῶν

Πολυάρατος Παρατ . . ος

Φιλοκλῆς Θεν . . . .

(35) Ἀντίπατρος Πολ . . . . . . ος

Πασίας Ἱπποδ[άμω

Χαιρεσίλας Ἀν[αξ]αγόρας

Ψάφων Ἀγλωμάχω

Εὐκλῆς Θευχρήστω

(40) Σίφυρος Πιθάκω

Φίλων Θευχρήστω

Τιμῶχος Πολυτίμω

Περίανδρος Θρασυλλίωνος

Θεύδωρος Καλλιμάχω

(45) Φρασσάμενος Ἀριστοτέλε[υς

Ἄναξις Δαμώνακτος

Πράταρχος Ὀνυμάρχω

Τιμόλας Πιθάκω

Θεύμανδρος Λυσίππω

(50) Δαϊλέων Θευχρήστω.
--
λοχαγοὶ πελταστᾶν συμμ . . . .

τοῖς τριακατίοις

Ἀνδροκλῆς Κα[λλιμ]άχω

Ἀριστομένης Α . . . . . . . .

(55) Πρῶρος Σωσία . .

Ἀριστοφ[ῶν . . . . . . . .

Τελεσα . . . . . .

Ευκ . . . . . .

On a marble block, 4 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 1 inch by 1 foot, found in the Pronaos of the large temple near the Stadium. (See _ante_, p. 71.) This inscription gives a list of λοχαγοί, captains, of charioteers, τέθριπποι; of cavalry, μόνιπποι; of πεζοί, infantry; of πελτασταί, or light-armed infantry; and τριακατίαρχαι, or commanders of τριακάδες, which latter appear to have been divisions of the Ephebi in a tribe. L. 51, συμμ. This word appears to govern τοῖς τριακατίοις. After the second Μ has been Ν (see the fac-simile). For τριακάτιοι see Ahrens, Dial. Dor. p. 280; Müller, Dor. II. p. 304, ed. Germ. The letters are of a good period.

No. 7.—Pl. 79.

Μελά]νιππος Λυσισβάτω

Πολύαρχος Παυσανία

. . . . Δα]μοκρίτω Χάρων Φαυστίω

. . . . Μελανίππω Ξεῦξις Αἰταχίννω (_sic_)

(5) . . . . Ἐρυσίππω Καλλίστρατος Νικαίω

. . . . αχος Ἀρτύλα Ἑλικὰν Λεντίχω

. . . . ατης Ὑπερόχω Λύκος Εὐρυμάχω

. . . . ρχος Ποδώκευς Νίκιππος Εὐφρονίω

. . . . καρτης Θράσωνο[ς Ἀρίστων Λύκων [ος

(10) . . . . ος Φράσωνος Φιλόξηνος Μελανίππω

. . νιππος Ἁγήμονος Τελέσαρχος Κρησίλα

. . Θάλωνος Ἀντίμαχος Φιλοκώμω

. . αν Πρώρω Ἀντίφιλος Αὔσαν [ος

. . λας Εὐκλείδα Ἀλεξίβιος Σμυρναίω

(15) . . αμος Μνάσιος Ἀμμώνιος Ξήνιος

. . της Ἀκέσωνος Ἐπήρατος Πολυδώρω

Ἀριστ]οτέλης Πράτιος Ἄλεξις Λύγαντος

. . αρχος Παυσανία Ἀρίστ[α]ρχος Θράσυος

. . οίδας Λυσάνορος Ἀνάξανδρος Σχίδα

(20) . . . Ἀριστοβώλω Βάραιβις Μοιρισθένευς

. . ενης Χαιριείδευς Ἐξακέστας Ἀριστίππω

. . . . . Πείσιος Ἀλεξίμαχος Ἄλκιος

. . . . ος Νέωνος Προκλῆς Ἰάσονος

. . . . . . άμιος Εὐρυφῶν Ἀρίστιος.

. . . . . . λύκω

On a marble slab, 16 inches by 15 inches by 3 inches, found in the _Pronaos_ of the large temple near the Stadium. (See _ante_, p. 71.) This inscription gives a list of names, probably _Ephebi_. (Compare No. 6, _ante_.) L. 10, col. 2, φιλόξηνος, _Doricè_ for φιλόξενος. In L. 18, col. 2, ΑΡΙΣΤΡΟΧΣ is by mistake written for ΑΡΙΣΤΑΡΧΟΣ. The letters are of a good period. In the British Museum.

No. 8.—Pl. 80. Νο. 9.

[Ὑπὲρ τῆς τοῦ Αὐτο- κας . . . . . . . . . .

κράτορος Τρα- χεριων . . . . . . . .

ϊανοῦ Γερ]μ[α- μοιηα . . . . . . . .

νικοῦ] Δακικο[ῦ τῇ (?) ἐκ το[ῦ. . . .

(5) νίκης] καὶ δια- (5) νος ετο . . . . . . . .

μο]νῆς καὶ τοῦ καὶ αὐ . . . . . . . .

σύμ] παντος [αὐ- νε . . . . . . . . . . . .

τοῦ] οἴκου καὶ . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

τῆς ἱερᾶς συν-

(10) κλ]ήτου καὶ δήμ-

ου Ῥωμαίων

Ἀντωνία Μεγώ

Μ. Ἀντωνίο[υ ἱερατ-

εύ]σαντος [τοῦ δεῖνα

(15) κ]αὶ . . . . . . . .

νίου Σω . . . . . .

καὶ Ἡγισαν . . . .

τοῦ Βωλακλέος Ἱ-

έρεια Ἀρτέμιδος

(20) ἀριστιει τὰς τὴν

πόλιν καὶ τὴν χώρ-

αν κα]τοικούσας παρ-

[θένους . . . . . . . . . .

On two fragments of a narrow slab of marble found in ruins to the north of the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 75.) No. 8 measures 1 foot 10 inches by 9½ inches; No. 9, 11 inches by 7½ inches. The first part of this inscription is probably a dedication in honour of the Emperor Trajan, identified here by the epithet ΔΑΚΙΚΟ[Υ. In the latter lines a priestess of Artemis is mentioned, who promises to give a breakfast, ἀριστιει, to all the virgins dwelling in the city and territory of Cyrene. The name Μεγώ, l. 12, occurs in a list of priestesses of Cyrene (Corpus Inscript. No. 5143). ἀριστιει would appear to be an error of the lapidary for ἀριστίζει, as there is no such form as ἀριστίω. The fragment No. 9 is too mutilated to admit of any conjectural restoration, but it belongs to the same slab. In the British Museum.

No. 10.—Pl. 80.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ἀγκάρηνος . . . .

Τι. Κλαύδιος Τορκο . . . .

ἡ πόλις

Τ. Φλάβιος Βαρκα[ῖος (?)

(5) ἡ πόλις

Τ. Φλάβιος Ἀγχιοτ . . . .

Μ. Οὔλπιος Ἀριο . . . . . .

δεγμος Κασκέλλ[ιος

Τ]ι. Κλαύδιος Βατ . . . .

(10) Φιλιππο . . . . . .

On a block of marble lying on the mosaic pavement in the temple of Apollo. This inscription contains a list of names, but it is too mutilated to admit of the purport being ascertained.

No. 11.—Pl. 80.

Διὸς Σωτῆρος.

On a column of sandstone, 1 foot 5 inches in diameter, broken at the top, but present height 3 feet; found in ruins to the north of the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 75.) The inscription shows that the altar was dedicated to Zeus Soter.

No. 12.—Pl. 81.

ὑπὲρ τῆς Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου

Καίσαρος νίκης καὶ σωτηρίας

καὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ παντὸς

Ἀπόλλωνι Ἀποβατηρίῳ

Μ. Ἀντώνιος Γέμελλος ἐκ τῶν τοῦ

Ἀπόλλωνος.

On a block of blue marble, 2 feet 3½ inches by 2 feet 9½ inches by 12½ inches, found in some ruins north of the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 75.) This is a dedication to the Apollo Apobaterios, “the protector of persons landing,” offered by M. Antonius Gemellus, from the funds of the temple of Apollo, as a vow for the success and safety of the Emperor Nero and all his family. From the epithet ἀποβατήριος applied to Apollo in this inscription, it may be inferred that the emperor was then engaged in some voyage. The name ΝΕΡΩΝΟΣ, in l. 1, is nearly erased. In the British Museum.

No. 13.—Pl. 81.

ὑπὲρ τῆς Νέρωνος Κλαυδίου

Καίσαρος νίκης καὶ σωτηρίας

καὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ παντὸς

Ἀπόλλωνι Μυρτώῳ Μ. Ἀντώνιος

Γέμελλος ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος.

On a block of blue limestone found in some ruins to the north of the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 75.) This is a dedication to the Myrtoan Apollo, offered by M. Antonius Gemellus, from the funds of the temple of Apollo, as a vow for the success and safety of the Emperor Nero and all his family. Published, Böckh, Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5138.

No. 14.—Pl. 81.

Φι] λῖνος Φιλίνου

ἱαριτεύων

ἀνέθηκε.

On a circular marble pedestal or altar, 2 feet 1 inch by 1 foot 10 inches, found near the north-east angle of the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 75.) A dedication by Philinos, son of Philinos, priest, probably, of Apollo.

No. 15.—Pl. 82.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . επισ. . . .

δημαρχι]κῆς ἐξ[ουσίας

τὸ γ′ ὑπ[άτῳ

τὸ γ′ πατρὶ πατρἰ-

δος ἡ Κυρηναίω[ν

πόλις, ἀφιερώσα[ν-

τος Α. Μινικίου

Ῥούφου ἀνθυπάτου.

On a block of sandstone found in the temple of Apollo. (See _ante_, p. 43.) This appears to be the dedication, by the Proconsul of Cyrene, A. Minicius Rufus, to some emperor, in his third consulship and third tribuneship; but these dates do not serve to identify him. The dedication is made in the name of the people of Cyrene. The name A. Minicius Rufus does not occur in Gruter’s Corpus Inscript. Latin.

No. 16.—Pl. 82.

. . . . . . Πτο]λεμαῖον Σωτήρων

. . . . . . ιστων Λυσιφάνευς

ἀνέθηκε.

On a slab of marble built into the corner of a wall, in the restored part of the temple of Apollo, on the second story. As the inscribed face was turned inwards, this marble must have been taken from some earlier edifice. This is a dedication by some one, son of Lysiphanes. The letters are of a good period.

No. 17.—Pl. 82.

. . . . χως Ἡσυχίῳ τῷ κτίστῃ.

On a pedestal, 2 feet 9 inches by 1 foot 7½ inches by 1 foot 7 inches, ornamented with enriched mouldings, found between the temple of Venus and the building marked “Palace” on the Plan, but which is probably an Augusteum.

No. 18.—Pl. 83.

Εὐβάτας Ἀκεσάνδρω Ἀλεξίμαχος Αἰγα . . . .

Ἡρίλοχος Στράτητος Ἐτυμοκλῆς Ἀρις . .

Ἁγήσαρχος Κλέωνος δαμοκοσμοθε . . . .

Τελεσφορέντες τὰν θ[εόν (?)

On a slab of marble found in a building near the temple of Bacchus, marked “Palace” on the Plan, but which is probably an Augusteum. (See _ante_, p. 76.) Ll. 3, 4 cannot be read satisfactorily. The Ο at the end of δαμο is quite clear in the rubbing, otherwise we might read Ἀρισ[τοδάμω κοσμοθ[έται]. Τελεσφορέντες is also perfectly clear, but how it can be formed from τελεσφορέω is not so clear. It may be either miswritten for τελεσφορεῦντες? or formed from τελεσφόρημι. In Hom. we have φορῆναι, φορήμεναι, &c.

No. 19.—Pl. 82.

Κυρήνην πολίων μητρόπτολιν, ἣν στέφει αὐτὴ

ἠπείρων Λιβύη τρισσὸν ἔχουσα κλέος,

Ἐνθάδ’ ὑπὲρ μελάθροιο λεοντοφόνον θέτο Κάρπος,

Εὐξάμενος μεγάλης σῆμα φιλοξενίης.

At the foot of a bas-relief found on the site of the temple of Venus. (See _ante_, p. 77 and p. 97.) The inscription records the dedication of the relief, in token of great hospitality, by one Karpos, who, it may be presumed, had as a stranger been hospitably received by the people of Cyrene. The subject of the relief is stated to be the crowning of the lion-slaying nymph Cyrene by Libya, who has the triple glory of continents—ἠπείρων τρισσὸν ἔχουσα κλέος. This seems to refer to the threefold population of Libya, native Africans, and European and Asiatic colonists. The relief is to be placed ὑπὲρ μελάθροιο, which must be translated “above the architrave,” for the relief is evidently a metope.

No. 20.—Pl. 83.

Γ]άϊος Νώνιο[ς . . . . εινος

τῇ θεῷ

Μιλήσιος ὁ καὶ Κυρηνε . . . . . . ενος

On a marble pedestal found in the _cella_ of the temple of Venus. (See _ante_, p. 77.) A statue must have stood on this pedestal, as part of the feet remained.

No. 21.—Pl. 83.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . σαγόρα φ Ἀννικέρ[ιος

. . . . . . Ξούθω φ Λυσι . . . .

. . . . Ἀ]λέξιος φ Φιλοκώ[μω

. . . . Θευχρήστω φ Σωσικράτευς

Βιάνδρω φ Λυ . . . .

Ἀναξ. . . .

Fragment of a slab of marble found in the Augusteum. (See _ante_, p. 76.) This inscription seems to be part of a list of subscribers to some public contribution.

No. 22.—Pl. 83.

Ἀστυκράτης

Εὐκλείδα

On a marble pedestal, 4 feet by 1 foot 6 inches by 1 foot, found in the _pronaos_ of the temple of Venus. (See _ante_, p. 77.) The letters are of a good period.

No. 23.—Pl. 83.

Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τεῖτον Αἴ]λιον Ἀδριανὸν

Ἀντωνεῖνον Σεβαστὸν θεῶ Ἀδριανοῦ] υἱὸν, θεῶ

Τραϊανοῦ Παρθικοῦ] υἱωνὸν, θεῶ

Νερούα ἔγγονον, σωτῆρα κ]αὶ εὐεργέταν

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ὑπὸ Τείτου

Fragment of a slab of marble found in the Augusteum. (See _ante_, p. 76.) This appears to be part of a dedication to the Emperor Antoninus Pius, whose bust was found in the same building.

No. 24.—Pl. 84.

Μ. Ἀντώνιος Κερέαδις

Πτολεμαίου Ι.Ι.Ι.Ι. υἱός

Αἰγλάνωρ

Μητρόδωρος Ι. τοῦ

Μητροδώρου

L{ρη}. Τι. Κλαύδιος Ἀρχίππου

υἱὸς Ἄρχιππος

L{pθ} Μ. Ἀντώνιος Μ. Ἀντωνίου

Φλάμμα υἱὸς Κασκέλλιος.

On a large marble slab, measuring 3 feet 1 inch by 2 feet 7 inches by 1 foot 1 inch, built into a partition wall in the temple of Apollo, the writing turned inwards. It contains a list of names of priests of Apollo. This is shown by the inscription from Cyrene (Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5144), where the name M. Antonius Kaskellios occurs with the same date. Λ is Λυκάβαντι, _in the year_ . . . The two dates {ρη} and {pθ} refer to the era of Actium. (See Franz, Corpus Inscript., _loc. cit._ &c., p. 1241.) The four vertical strokes which precede the word υἱός, l. 2, probably indicate that the ancestors of M. Antonios Kereadis for four generations had been called Ptolemaios. The use of vertical strokes is peculiar here. The usual way of marking the successive generations is either by letters, α′ β′ γ′, or by the words δίς, τρίς, κ.τ.λ. (_See_ Franz, Elementa Epigraphices Græcæ, p. 304.) So Μητρόδωρος Ι. τοῦ Μητροδώρου is Metrodoros, grandson of Metrodoros. The M. Antonius Flamma mentioned in this inscription is probably the same as the Antonius Flamma mentioned by Tacitus, Hist. IV. 45.

No. 25.—Pl. 84.

Ἀσκλαπὸν Ἀσκλαπῶ ἱερατεύον-

τα τῶ Ἀπόλλωνος ἀρετᾶς ἕ[νε-

κα καὶ εὐνοίας ἅς ἔχων δια[τε-

λεῖ ἔς τε τὸς κοινὸς εὐεργ[έτας

Ῥωμαίος καὶ ἐς τὰν πόλιν κα[ὶ

τὸς ἱαρὲς καὶ τᾶς ποτὶ τὸ[ς θεὸς

χάριν εὐ]σεβείας οἱ ἱαρὲς τ[ῶ

Ἀπ]όλλωνος ἀνέθ[ηκαν.

On a slab of marble built into a rough modern wall about 20 yards to the westward of the temple of Apollo. Published, Böckh, Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5131, from a copy taken before the marble was broken at the edges, and which is therefore more complete; and Letronne, Journal des Savans, 1848, p. 372.

On the reverse of the same slab—

No. 26.—Pl. 84.

Τ. Κλαύδιος Ἀριστομέ-

νης Μάγνος, ὁ καὶ

Περικλῆς, ἱαρειτεύων

ἕκταν τᾶν τῶ Ἀπόλλω-

νος προσόδων.

This is a dedication of a statue in honour of Asclapos, priest of Apollo, on account of his services to the city, the Romans, and the priests, and his piety to the gods. The dedication is made by the priests of Apollo. This records a dedication made out of a sixth part of the revenues of the temple of Apollo by T. Claudius Aristomenes Magnus, priest of Apollo. Published by Franz, Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5137, who reads ἐκ τᾶν τῶ Ἀπόλλωνος, and rejects the second ΤΑΝ as an erroneous repetition; but the reading is certain. (_See_ Letronne, Journal des Savans, 1848, p. 371.)

No. 27.—Pl. 85.

Ἀριστοτέλης

Σώσιος, ἱαρεὺς

Ἀπόλλωνος, μηθέ-

να ἐντίθη . .

In large letters over one of the recesses in a large tomb on the south- east side of the city, adjoining the path leading to Sassaf and Gheigheb. L. 4, ἐντίθη for ἐντίθει. Published, Böckh, Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5154.

No. 28.—Pl. 85.

Γάϊος Ἀπείσιος Διονύσω

Νίγερ πρεσβύτερος ἱερεὺς

σν

Over a compartment in the interior of a small tomb in the Eastern Necropolis. This inscription contains the name of Caius Apeisios Niger, a priest of Dionysos, a temple of which Deity was discovered in the course of the excavations.

No. 29.—Pl. 86.

Βαρκλῆος

Ἀστυκλεῦς

Μνάστα

Κρίνιος.

Over a recess in the same tomb whence No. 27 is taken. Published, Corpus Inscript., III. No. 5166; and Pacho, tab. LXV. 10, where the first name is incorrectly read Χ]αρ[ι]κλῆος.

No. 30.—Pl. 86. No. 31.—Pl. 86.

Σίμων Σι . . . . . . . . Στράτω-

Πευσάν- ν Εὐπό-

δρου L δ′. λιδος

L λ′.

No. 32.—Pl. 86.

Ποπελίας Πευσά-

νδρου ΘLλθ′.

Nos. 30, 31, 32 are round the entrance of a small tomb in the Eastern Necropolis. The four last letters of l. 2 seem to be ΘΛ[υκάβαντι] λθ′, the year 38, recording probably the age at which Popelias died. The significance of the Θ which precedes the L must be left to conjecture; perhaps it stands for θεοῖς.

No. 33.

. . . . ΡΑΙΑΝΩΙΑΔΡΙΑΝΩ. . . .

. . . . ΟΝΣΥΝΤΩΙΠΡΟΝ . . . .

ΤΩ . . . . ΦΛ . . . . ΦΛ . . . .

Τ]ραϊανῷ Ἀδριανῷ

τὸν να]ὸν σὺν τῷ πρόν[αῳ

τω φλ φλ

On a piece of architrave of sandstone, found in ruins to the north of the temple of Apollo. This appears to be part of the dedication of a temple to the Emperor Trajan.

THE END.

CYRENE.