PHRC032 : Dedication to Arsinoe Philadelphos, Palaipaphos - Cyprus (270-240 BC) Dedication
Permanent ID http://s.phrc.it/phrc032
Text constituted from: I.Paphos 6.
Other editions:
See also: Mitford, I.Palaipahos 12; Robert 1966, p. 206 n. 190; Nicolaou 1993, p. 227, cat. g; Anastassiades 1998, p. 138, no. 7; Caneva 2014, no. 20; Caneva 2020.
Images: I.Paphos, fig. 37.
Further bibliography:
Online record: PHI
This altar is the finest specimen of small inscribed objects dedicated to Arsinoe Philadelphos from the Paphos area (PHRC014; PHRC030-035). The writing is slightly rough, but the letters are well formed. Overall, the altar displays an average quality among the numerous dedications made to the deified Arsinoe across the Ptolemaic kingdom. The upper surface (13 x 20 cm, less than 1 cm deep) is suitable for vegetable offerings and possibly for libations. The closest parallels to this altar are provided by another quadrangular altar with cornices from the area of the agora of Amathous (BCH 136-137 (2012-2013), p. 366-368, no. 1) and by a smaller one from the acropolis of Kourion (I.Kourion 56).