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 Cyrene Museum 269

Fragment of a white marble panel broken off on all sides ( 0.11 0.145 0.06 ).

 Inscribed on the whole width at ll. 3-7, on two columns from l. 8 on. On lines 4 to 8 0.009, from line 9 on 0.007; serifs, non-slanting sigma, widely open upsilon. Findspot. Second century, not before 180 B.C..

Found before 1933 at Cyrene: agora.

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1976 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

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Bibliography

, pp. 142-143, n. 41 (ph.), whence SEG, 9.42 ; , pp. 331-333 ; , p. 89 ; , pp. 142-144, 151 ; , p. 192 . For general bibliography on the accounts of the damiergoi see IGCyr011400.

Text
Θεοί. Ἱαρεὺς . Δαμιεργέντων ευς Ε, υς Ζ, γ̣όρα Ἀρ. Καρποὶ ἐτιμάθεν·
πράτας ἑξαμήνω· σπυρῶν μέδιμνοι μδϡβ κριθᾶν μέδιμνοι μβϡδχ κυάμων μδϡβ ἐρεβίνθων μζϡβ φακῶν μζϡβ τἆλλα ὄσπρια μγϡε
δευτέρας ἑξαμήνω· σπυρῶν , κριθᾶν , κυάμων , ἐρεβίνθων , φακῶν , τἆλλα ὄσπρια ,
Apparatus

Ζ Ζα the first numeral read as Π by Oliverio is in fact a careless Μ, especially clear at line 9; see commentary μέδιμνοι ὁ μέδιμνος the same, wholly supplied, at line 9

Dieux. Prêtre Untel, étant démiurges Untel fils d'E, Untel fils de Z, goras fils d'Ar, les récoltes ont été estimées.

Premier semestre: médimnes de froment, 42 000 drachmes; médimnes d'orge, 24 600 ; de fèves, 42 000; de pois chiches, 72 000; de lentilles, 72 000; autres légumes, 35 000; .

Second semestre: de froment, tant; d'orge, tant; de fèves, tant; de pois chiches, tant; de lentilles, tant; autres légumes, tant; .

Gods. Priest So-and-so, being damiergoi So-and-so son of E, So-and-so son of Z, goras son of Ar, the crops were estimated.

First semester: medimni of wheat, 42 000 drachmas; medimni of barley, 24 600 ; of beans, 42 000; of chick peas, 72 000; of lentils, 72 000; other pulse, 35 000; .

Second semester: of wheat, so much; of barley, so much; of beans, so much; of chick peas, so much; of lentils, so much; other pulse, so much; .

Dèi. Sacerdote il tale, quando erano damiurghi il tale figlio di E, il tale figlio di Z, goras figlio di Ar, i raccolti sono stati valutati.

Primo semestre: medimni di grano, 42 000 dracme; medimni di orzo, 24 600; di fave, 42 000; di ceci, 72 000; di lenticchie, 72 000; altri legumi, 35 000; .

Secondo semestre: di grano, tanto; di orzo, tanto; di fave, tanto; di ceci, tanto; di lenticchie, tanto; altri legumi, tanto; .

[الآلهة. فترة الكاهن فلان وكل من الداميرجوي فلان] بن إي [---] و[فلان] بن ز [---] و[---] جوراس بن أر [ ---]، تم تقدير المحاصيل كالتالي: الفصل الأول: [ميديمني من القمح]، 000 42 (دراخما)؛ ميديمني [من الشعير]، 600 24؛ [من الفول]، 000 42؛ [من الحمص]، 000 72؛ [من العدس]، 000 72؛ [من بقوليات أخرى]، 000 35؛ [---]. الفصل الثاني: من القمح، [قيمة ما]. من الشعير، [قيمة ما]. من الفول، [قيمة ما]. من البازلاء، [قيمة ما]. من العدس، [قيمة ما].قوليات أخرى، [قيمة ما]؛ [---].

Commentary

Ll. 9-13 are clearly not formulated in the same way as in the other accounts, as the numerals are huge. However, the system of numerals in use here seems to be the same as in IGCyr014300, i.e. M for 10000, 𐅦 for 1000 and then the hundreds (so Χ for 600), tens and single numbers expressed by the different letters of the alphabet. The amounts given for each product are very high, so that Oliverio imagined a special system for this only account. First of all, in the first ligature he identified a pi, which would be very different from the one at line 7. Dobias-Lalou thinks that it is nearer to a mu, whereas Oliverio's interpretation of the three orders as drachma, obol and chalkous would be totally unparalleled (so ). No article should be restored at lines 9 and 10 and the abbreviated unit should be develped into a plural. One interpretation would be that the numerals given at each line should not correspond to a price, but to the total number of medimni. However Rosamilia, with the same readings, has now a very convincing explanation: the numbers give the total income for all the medimni gathered during the semester, calculated in bronze drachms of the bronze standard system in use since the years 180 B.C.

L. 5: for the father's name, neither the stone in its present condition nor Oliverio's photograph do confirm the presence of an alpha after the inital zeta. As no personal name beginning with ΖΑ is known, we prefer to drop Oliverio's reading.