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 Tolmeita Museum inv. number unknown

Right part of a white marble slightly tapering stele recomposed from two adjacent fragments ( 0.59 1.06 0.10 ).

 Inscribed on the face in two parts by the same hand, the first with larger lettering, the second in verse with smaller lettering. Lines 1-14, average height 0.02; lines 15-48, 0.009, carefully cut with marked serifs; alpha with dropped bar, middle sized theta and omicron, mu with the central part coming down low toward the line, oversized xi and sigma, still dissymmetrical pi, widely open upsilon, omega with detached lower part. Findspot. Possibly second half of first century B.C. or first half of first century A.D.

Found by G. Caputo in 1935 at Ptolemais: in the area West of the West Church.

Seen by J.M. Reynolds at an unknown date at Ţulmaythah: Tolmeita Museum.

Not seen in 1960 by G. Pugliese Carratelli, who published it from a photograph.

Not seen by GVCyr team.

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Digital or digitized photographs Digitized other representations Arabic English French German Ancient Greek Transliterated Greek Modern Greek Hebrew Italian Latin Cyrenaica Libya Ţulmaythah Transcription from photograph and J.M. Reynolds' notes (CDL). It. translation; checked overall check Fr. and engl. translations support, bibliography, text (with w and lemma), apparatus file created
Bibliography

SECir, 211bis and fig. 155; , pp. 456-458 ; , 1964.590 ; , p. 111 ; , n. 5 ; , whence SEG, 61.1559 .

Text
Δεινομένης Ἀριστoβούλου κου τία Σαραπίωνος Ἀρίμμαντος ιος Δαρδάνου ωνος Ιτθαλλαμμονος Λύσιος Ἰάσονος Δεινομένης Λυσιμάχου Καλλιμάχου Ἀλέξιος
ἀριστοπάτωρ βεβόαται ἔξοχε Δεινομένη. τεὰ πατρὶς οὐκ ἐπὶ μούναι εἵνεκεν ἀγλαΐας. χκμεα τᾶιδε σε μέλπει πρᾶτον ἐν ἠϊθέοις. ἀείδεται ἁ δ' ἀπὸ πάππων αμεν Οὐρανίδας. χλαῖναν δὴ τὰν πλατύσαμον ἴσας ἐσχ στεφάνων. αἰεὶ τὸν ἰούλοις λειότατον. πένθος ἀέξει ἐπαινέομες. οὐδ’ ἀπ' ἐφήβων σὺ κράτιστος ἔφυς. πλατυπόρφυρον ἄφνω ἐνὶ κροτάφοις. ον εἶχεν ἐφήβων βίωι. πατρίς, ἐν δ' ἱερεῦσιν προγόνους. ἄλλο τ' ἐπέγνων Δεινομένη. δὲ πατρὸς φύς α πόλιν. Κάρνις ἄριστος ιδ᾿ ἔχει. Κάρνιος υἱός καθαψάμενος. στάλαν γέρας ἄνθετο τάνδε ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖς. εἰς τάνδ' ἄμμιγα πέτρον ἔθηκεν στεφάνους τῶνδ' ἅμα δρεψάμενος.
Apparatus

Δεινομένης Ἀπίωνος Σαραπίωνος Δαρδάνου δάνου Δεινομένης Κάρνις ἀριστοπάτωρ μεγιστοπάτωρ ιστοπάτωρ ἔξοχε ξοχε τεὰ τε ἁ εἵνεκεν οὕνεκεν ἕνεκεν χκμεα τᾶιδε ιμεα τᾶιδε μενεχάρμεα τᾶιδε ρμεα τᾶιδε ρμεαται δέ πρᾶτον ρᾶτον ἀείδεται δεται ἁ δ᾿ ἅδε αμεν τίσαμεν σα μέν χλαῖναν ων ἴσας καρπίσας ισας ἐσχ στεφάνων ἐξτεφάνων ἕξ τε φανῶν αἰεὶ κλαίει λειότατον ειότατον σὺ κράτιστος κράτιστος άτιστος πλατυπόρφυρον τυ πόρφυρον ἐνὶ κροτάφοις περὶ σοῖς κροτάφοις βίωι ρικῶι πατρίς τρίς ἄλλο τ' ἐπέγνων ἄλλοτ' ἐπέγνων Δεινομένη νομένη ίδ' ἐλπίδ' ι δ' καθαψάμενος α θαψάμενος στάλαν γέρας ἄνθετο τάνδε κας ἄνθετο τ' ἄνδρας this line omitted εἰς τάνδ' ἄμμιγα εἰς τάνδ' ἄμμιγα σύμμιγα πάμμιγα

Deinoménès fils d'Aristoboulos, Untel fils de kos, Untel fils de tias, Untel fils de Sarapiôn, Untel fils d'Arimmas, Untel fils de is, Untel fils de Dardanos, Untel fils de ôn, Untel fils d'Itthallamôn, (10) Untel fils de Lysis, Untel fils d'Iasôn, Deinoménès fils de Lysimakhos, Untel fils de Kallimakhos, Karnis fils d'Alexis.

aux valeureux ancêtres a été célébré , toi, éminent Deinoménès.

ta patrie non en une seule en raison de ta brillante qualité.

te chante par la présente (20) le premier des jeunes gens.

et la remontant à tes ancêtres les Ouranides.

ce manteau à large bande égales provenant des couronnes.

toujours le par le duvet tout à fait lisse.

augmente la douleur nous faisons l'éloge.

et non de la part des éphèbes (30) la nature t'a fait le plus fort.

à la bande de pourpre à nouveau sur les tempes.

avait le des éphèbes la vie.

la patrie, et parmi les prêtres les ancêtres.

j'ai remarqué autre chose , ô Deinoménès.

et né d'un père (40) la cité.

Karnis le plus valeureux a .

le fils de Karnis s'étant emparé .

il consacra cette stèle comme marque d'honneur aux dieux immortels.

il les plaça tous pêle-mêle sur cette pierre ayant recueilli ensemble leurs couronnes.

Deinomenes son of Aristoboulos, So-and-so son of kos, So-and-so son of tias, So-and-so son of Sarapion, So-and-so son of Arimmas, So-and-so son of is, So-and-so son of Dardanos, So-and-so son of on, So-and-so son of Itthallamon, (10) So-and-so son of Lysis, So-and-so son of Iason, Deinomenes son of Lysimachos, So-and-so son of Kallimachos, Karnis son of Alexis.

with the best forefathers has been celebrated , you, eminent Deinomenes.

your fatherland not on one on behalf of your splendid quality.

sings your praise here (20) the first of the youngsters.

and the coming from your forefathers the Ouranides.

that cloak with broad border equal ones from the garlands.

always the with the downy hairs quite smooth.

increases the grief we are praising.

and not from the ephebes (30) by nature you are the mightiest.

with the purple border again on your temples.

had the of the ephebes the life.

the fatherland, and amongst the priests the forefathers.

I found out another thing , o Deinomenes.

and born from a father (40) the city.

Karnis the most valorous he has .

Karnis' son having fasten .

he dedicated this stele as a gift of honour to the immortal gods.

he placed them all indiscriminately upon this stone having gathered together their garlands.

Deinomenes figlio di Aristoboulos, il tale figlio di kos, il tale figlio di tias, il tale figlio di Sarapion, il tale figlio di Arimmas, il tale figlio di is, il tale figlio di Dardanos, il tale figlio di on, il tale figlio di Itthallamon, (10) il tale figlio di Lysis, il tale figlio di Iason, Deinomenes figlio di Lysimachos, il tale figlio di Kallimachos, Karnis figlio di Alexis.

dotato dei migliori antenati è stato celebrato , tu, eccellente Deinomenes.

la tua patria non in una sola a causa della tua splendidà qualità.

ti loda qui (20) il primo dei giovani.

a la che proviene dai tuoi nonni gli Urani.

questo mantello dal largo orlo uguali provenienti dalle corone.

sempre il con la lanuggine molto liscia.

aumenta il dolore noi facciamo l'elogio.

e non da parte degli efebi (30) per natura sei il più forte.

con largo orlo di porpora di nuovo sulle tempie.

aveva il degli efebi con la vita.

la patria, e tra i sacerdoti gli antenati.

ho scoperto un'altra cosa , o Deinomenes.

e nato da un padre (40) la città.

Karnis il più valoroso ha .

il figlio di Karnis essendosi attaccato .

ha dedicato questa stele come dono d'onore agli dèi immortali.

li ha posti tutti disordinatamente su questa pietra dopo aver raccolto insieme le loro corone.

Commentary

J.M. Reynolds once saw the stone and comments: «The stone has been damaged since discovery and the text is partly read from the photograph». Pugliese Carratelli himself knew the stone only from a photograph and added his reading to the publication at the last moment.

At l. 9, J.M. Reynolds preferred to read Ἀλλάμωνος, probably because she identified here the Libyan name Αλαμων, which is known at Ptolemais. However, the omicron is clear in the penultimate syllable and moreover the name should have been very long, as it ends just at the right edge of the stone. We thus prefer to keep Pugliese Carratelli's reading.

Some of the earlier restorations by Gallavotti aimed at completing sepulchral formulas. J. and L. Robert and after them Peek insisted on the honorific aspect of the poem. However all commentators thought of a monument honoring one and the same person and did not explain the list of 14 names (with only the fathers' names preserved) on top. C. Dobias-Lalou considered that verse-lines 1-28 were 14 couplets, each of which was connected with one name in the list, taken in the same order. She thus restored names at lines 1, 12 and 14, taking them from the verse related to each of those young men. This explains the often repeted mentions of the forefathers, of the glory of youngsters. As to the three final couplets (all isolated with a space), their topic is the erection of the momument.

As the Robert wrote, at l. 23 the word πλατύσαμος at this date cannot yet be the translation of the Roman laticlavius and should, like πλατυπόρφυρος at l. 31, point the ceremonial garment of officers, amongst which the priests mentioned at l. 35. The celebrated young men were high born and valorous.

Nevertheless grief is mentioned at l. 27 and Karnis' son seems to be in charge of the monument. So at least some of them were probably dead. The monument was erected in order to celebrate them, who had deserved garlands. The latter word may be taken at the last line with the double entendre of award obtained in a competition and series of poems 'placed upon the stone'.

Peek restored whole verse lines at 15-32 and 40-48 in a sort of exercice métrique, as he put it. We feel that it is useless to give them here.

Metrical analysis: a series of elegiac couplets, the vestiges of which are very regular.