Dedication to Artemis
IGCyr001600
Trismegistos ID: 738113
Source Description
Support
Fragment of cup, Attic black-glazed ware (0.076-; -; -).
Layout
Scratched under foot (width 0.063).
Letters
Dimensions unknown; slanting mu, straight iota.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
End of the sixth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found on September 5th, 1925 by L. Pernier at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo, Temple of Artemis (2nd phase).
Present Location
Lost since 2011 (see commentary).
Text constituted from
Transcription from previous editor (CDL).
Bibliography
Pernier, 1931 Pernier, L., 1931, L'Artemision di Cirene, Africa Italiana4, Roma, 173-228 - see in bibliography , p. 212 (ph.), whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.319. Cf. Dobias-Lalou, 1970 Dobias-Lalou, C., 1970, Pour une chronologie des inscriptions archaïques de Cyrène, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 44, 228-256 - see in bibliography , pp. 245-246, n. 10; Ensoli, 2012 Ensoli, S., 2012, Il 'Tesoro Archeologico della Libia', oggi denominato 'Tesoro di Bengasi' e l'attività svolta nel 2011-2012 dalla MAIC per il suo recupero in collaborazione con i DoA di Tripoli, Bengasi e Cirene, con il Comando Carabinieri Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale (Roma) e Interpol, in S. Ensoli (ed.), For the preservation of the cultural heritage in Libya. A dialogue amongst institutions, Pisa-Roma, 227-250 - see in bibliography , p. 241, fig. 13; Bartolini, 2014 Bartolini, I.G., 2014, Luigi Pernier a Cirene (1925-1936), in M. Luni (ed.), La scoperta di Cirene. Un secolo di scavi, 1013-2013, Monografie di archeologia libica37, Cirene Atene d'Africa8, Roma, 157-176 - see in bibliography , p. 167, fig. 9.
Apparatus
French translation
Pour Artemis.
English translation
For Artemis.
Italian translation
Per Artemis.
Arabic translation
لأجل أرتميس
Commentary
Found in a thesauron inside the pronaos of the 2nd-phase Artemision. About the discovery, see a page of Pernier's excavation note-book now published by Bartolini, 2014 Bartolini, I.G., 2014, Luigi Pernier a Cirene (1925-1936), in M. Luni (ed.), La scoperta di Cirene. Un secolo di scavi, 1013-2013, Monografie di archeologia libica37, Cirene Atene d'Africa8, Roma, 157-176 - see in bibliography ; this sherd was part of the 'treasure of Benghazi', which has been stolen in 2011 at the National Commercial Bank at Benghazi, as shown by Ensoli, 2012 Ensoli, S., 2012, Il 'Tesoro Archeologico della Libia', oggi denominato 'Tesoro di Bengasi' e l'attività svolta nel 2011-2012 dalla MAIC per il suo recupero in collaborazione con i DoA di Tripoli, Bengasi e Cirene, con il Comando Carabinieri Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale (Roma) e Interpol, in S. Ensoli (ed.), For the preservation of the cultural heritage in Libya. A dialogue amongst institutions, Pisa-Roma, 227-250 - see in bibliography .
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