Dedication to Artemis (?)

IGCyr003100

Trismegistos ID: 738133

Source Description

Support

Vessel with two handles; Proto-corinthian ware (-; 0.27-; -; diameter 0.016-0.35).

Layout

Light scratched on outside.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

First half of the fifth century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found by G. Oliverio in 1925 at Cyrene : Sanctuary of Apollo, Temple of Artemis .

Present Location

Seems to be lost.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editors (CDL).

Bibliography

Oliverio, Taccuini inediti , XI.43, whence SECir , 191 (no image); Dobias-Lalou, 1970 , p. 248, n. 17.

Text

hε̄ρακλείδε̄ς̣ Κλεα[---] 

Apparatus

French translation

Herakleides, fils de Klea[---] .

English translation

Herakleides, son of Klea[---] .

Italian translation

Herakleides, figlio di Klea[---] .

Commentary

Published by Pugliese Carratelli from a drawing of Oliverio (not given). In fact, Oliverio, 1927 , p. 158 already described the graffito and gave its provenance: a thesauron inside the pronaos of the 2nd-phase Artemision.

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