<rs type="textType">Sacred law</rs> Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica Università di Bologna IGCyr109200 738621 igcyr109200 https://igcyr.unibo.it/igcyr109200

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 Cyrene Museum 603 (fragm a), 850 (fragm. b)

Large stele of white marble, broken in two pieces found separately, later re-used for IGCyr109300; fragment a broken off at top and upper left edge and below, with a circular hole at 0.21 from bottom ( 0.16 0.89 0.605 ); fragment b broken off above and at lower right angle, with edges better preserved than in fragment a ( 0.16 0.63 0.65 ).

 Inscribed in the middle of one narrow side, in 11 lines, beginning at 0.12 above bottom of fragment a and ending at 0.06 below top of fragment b. 0.01 to 0.012, no serifs; dotted theta, slanting sigma, circular letters moderately smaller. Cyrene. First half of third century B.C.

Fragment a: found not after 1960 at Cyrene.

Fragment b: found not after 1992 in a votive depot South of Cyrene: in the area of Wadi el Aish.

Observed in 1993 and again in 1997 and 2001 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

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Bibliography

SECir, 114 and , pp. 30-34, n. 2 a , whence SEG, 57.2010 , joined by , whence SEG, 53.2029 and again , pp. 147-148 , whence SEG, 57.2010 .

Cf. , pp. 38-40 , whence SEG, 34.1645 ; , pp. 28-29, 32 (ph.), whence SEG, 37.1669 and 1670 ; , pp. 74-75 , whence SEG, 46.2199 ; , p. 233 .

Text Ἀκαμαντιάδες Ἡραίω πέμπτα φθίνοντος Καρνήιω δυοδεκὰς Δίω καὶ ἧ κα τοὶ ταμίαι Προθεάρια τῶι Ἀρχαγέται θύωντι.
Apparatus

Ἡραίω Ἡραίω ραίω πέμπτα φθίνοντος πράτα φθίνοντος καταφθίνοντος Καρνήιω ηιω suggesting a month name Δίω ιω δυοδεκὰς δεκὰς δεκὰς εκας Δίω after this word and on the same line begins line 34 of side ii of IGCyr109300

Jours d'Akamantia: le 26 Hèraios, le 12 Karneios, le tantième Dios et chaque fois que les trésoriers procèdent au sacrifice des prothearia pour l'Arkhègète.

Days of Akamantia: the 26th of Heraios, the 12th of Karneios, the numberth of Dios and every time the treasurers offer the sacrifice of prothearia to the Archegetes.

Giorni degli Akamantia: il 26 Heraios, il 12 Karneios, il tale giorno di Dios e ogni volta che i tesorieri offrono il sacrificio dei prothearia all'Archegetes.

Commentary

The lettering as well as the display of side b of the stone (in IGCyr109300) show that the latter resulted of a re-use. Why the former inscription was cut in the middle of the narrow side of the stele might be explained at least partly by the hole surmounting those few lines. The border sides were probably not accessible for writing and/or reading if something was attached to the narrow side approximately at middle height.

The link between Ἀκαμαντιάδες and Ἀκαμάντια was explained by , approved by .

Since both fragments are now brought together, some readings proposed before 2003 for the months and dates are no longer valid. What is now clear is that the name of the month at the genitive case was followed by the mention of the day inside it.

About the treasurers' role and the sacrifice called prothearia, see at , p. 32 . We should add that IGCyr064100, being a dedication by thearoi about to sail to Delphi, is probably related to that ceremony, which would logically have taken place at the port of Cyrene.