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cast
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altar
Object Type
cast
altar
Museum number
C.326
Description
Plaster cast of a trilingual inscription in Latin, Greek and Punic from a bronze altar dedicated by Cicon, the saltmaster, to the god Eshmun.
Producer name
Made by:
Augustus P Ready
Production date
2ndC BC
(the original)
1885
(cast)
Production place
Original from:
Sardinia
Made in:
London (England)
(cast)
Materials
plaster
Technique
mould-made
$Inscriptions
Inscription subject
dedicatory
Bibliographic references
CIS I / Inscriptiones Phoenicias Continens
(no.143, p.187)
Lidzbarski M 1898 / Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik
(no.59)
Cooke G A 1903a / A text book of North Semitic inscriptions
(no.40)
Moriggi 2011 / Phoenician and Punic inscriptions in the Museo di Antichita di Torino (Turin, Italy)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Fair
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Eshmun
Acquisition date
1885
Acquisition notes
The original in the Antiquities Museum, Turin. CIS I/1, p.187 states that the altar was from "locus qui dicitur Pauli Gerrei"; letter from S. Curto (dated December 1967) states that Pauli Gerrei is now known as S. Nicolo Gerrei and is located in southern Sardinia, north-west of Cagliari, "e lontano da Tharros".
Department
Middle East
Registration number
C.326