Tithe to Apollo

IGCyr004700

Trismegistos ID: 738153

Source Description

Support

Fragmentary foot of cup, Attic black-glazed ware (0.055-; 0.038-;0.0045-0.012).

Layout

Scratched under foot.

Letters

0.007-0.01; to be read from the centre.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

First half of the fifth century B.C. (monument-type)

Findspot

Found before 1961 at Cyrene : probably Sanctuary of Apollo .

Last recorded Location

Seen by L. Gasperini in 1961 in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editor (AB).

Bibliography

Gasperini, 1995 , p. 10, n. 6 (dr.) (= Gasperini, 2008 , pp. 329-330), whence SEG , 44.1541, 6; Maffre, 2007  p. 173, n. 31.

Text

[---?]  δεκά[τα---?] 

Apparatus

French translation

[---?]  dîme [---?] .

English translation

[---?]  tithe [---?] .

Italian translation

[---?]  decima [---?] .

Commentary

Besides the word for 'tithe' two formulas are possible, one with this word at the nominative with Apollo's name at the genitive, the other with 'tithe' at the accusative and Apollo's name at the dative. It is impossible to decide from such a tiny fragment.

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