Abstract
I am grateful to Mr. R. G. Goodchild, Director of Antiquities, Cyrenaica, for permission to publish these two inscriptions, and also for much other assistance during a recent visit to Cyrene.I: Rectangular altar of limestone, complete on all sides with moulding above and below, H. 0·71; W. 0·43; Th. 0·38; letters, of the fourth century B.C. c. 0·050–060. Plate 1 (a).Seen by me, August 1961, at El-Beida.Κωρής: This altar is now on the excavated site of El-Beida, the ancient Balagrai, the centre of an important cult of Asklepios, 16 kilometres west of Cyrene, having been found in the Italian fort at El-Beida a few years ago. It seems likely that it is the stone referred to by Oliverio as having been found at Messa, some 10 kilometres west of El-Beida, where archaeological exploration in 1918 brought to light some dedications to Demeter, Kore, and other deities, and also some rock-cut sanctuaries. It cannot therefore be used as evidence for the pre-Roman period at Balagrai.
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