Accounts of the damiergoi

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography , p. 138, n. 38, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.39; Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , pp. 331-333; for general bibliography on the accounts of the damiergoi see IGCyr011400.

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1 [.] · : Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography  μ͡έδ(ιμνος) || ἐλαίω σ͡μ(ιρεύς) : Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography  ἐλαίω μ(ε)τ(ρέτης)

2 μέ(διμνος) α : Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography  μέ⸢δ⸣ lapis: α(ιμνος) || Τὸ πάν· τὰ ἱαρεῖα : Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography  Τὰ πάντα ἱαρεῖα·

5 βν´ (sic) : Oliverio, 1932-1933 Oliverio, G., 1932-1933, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, I, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography  ⸢ρ⸣ lapis: βν

French translation

 [---]  oignons, 3 drachmes; huile, le smireus , 7 drachmes; olives, un médimne, 2 drachmes. Total, les sacrifices ont été accomplis: 4280. Recette totale de l'année: 145 drachmes. Dépenses totales de l'année: ( vac. ). Rétribution pour les démiurges: 52 drachmes.

English translation

 [---]  onions, 3 drachmas; oil, per smireus , 7 drachmas; olives, one medimnos, 2 drachmas. Summary, the sacrifices have been accomplished: 4280. Total income of the year: 145 drachmas. Total expense of the year: ( vac. ). Allowance for the damiergoi: 52 drachmas.

Italian translation

 [---]  cipolle, 3 dracme; olio, per smireus , 7 dracme; olive, un medimno, 2 dracme. Totale, i sacrifici sono stati compiuti: 4280. Totale entrate dell'anno: 145 dracme. Totale uscite dell'anno: ( vac. ). Retribuzione per i damiurghi: 52 dracme.

Arabic translation

[---] البصل، 3 دراخما. الزيت، لكل سميريوس، 7 دراخما؛ الزيتون، للميديمنوس الواحد، 2 دراخما. ملخص، الأضحيات قد تم تقديمها: 4280. إجمالي الدخل للسنة: 145 دراخما. مجموع مصروفات السنة: (فراغ). تعطى للداميرجوي: 52 دراخما.

Commentary

This account is organised in two semesters, but not inscribed in two columns, as will be more usual. This display happens only here, in IGCyr013400, IGCyr013700, IGCyr013800 and in IGCyr063900.

This account is irregular in several ways: no amount was cut for the total expense, the general income is very low and much lower than the expense for sacrifices. It might be that the spaces for those amounts were first left empty and were cut later by someone who mingled the different sums. However, the special allowance for for damiergoi is notably lower than on all other years. The stone has 52 dr. (with the not rare order single number + tens), which Oliverio, perhaps rightly, corrected to 150. This is still very far from the usual amount of 300 dr. So also Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , pp. 331-333. Another hypothesis, retained by Oliverio for his translation, is that exceptionally the amounts were written at the head of the sentences (thus 4280 dr. as income and 145 dr. as expense). However, this would not explain the lack of 'rest' and the very low levels of both income and retribution for damiergoi. See another explanation at IGCyr014300.

For smireus as measure of liquids, see Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, Le dialecte des inscriptions grecques de Cyrène, Karthago25, Paris - see in bibliography , pp. 202-203.

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