Honorary inscription for Philon the archisomatophylax of king Ptolemy Epiphanes
IGCyr015500
Trismegistos ID: 5993
Source Description
Support
Light grey marble, plain base with two holes for feet of statue on upper side; apart from a neat mark of saw passing through the letters of line 9, the inscribed face is still complete, but for the right lower angle (0.625; 0.36;0.50).
Layout
Inscribed on the face with reduced margins, so that nearly the entire surface is covered by the inscription.
Letters
0.015; careful lettering with light serifs; alpha with broken central bar.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
185-180 B.C. (prosopography)
Findspot
Found at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : fallen down in the wadi below the terrace of the Sanctuary of Apollo .
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2010 in Shahat : Terrace of the Department of Antiquities .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
Oliverio, 1933-1936 Oliverio, G., 1933-1936, Documenti antichi dell'Africa Italiana, II, fasc. 1-2, Bergamo - see in bibliography , pp. 107-108, n. 75, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.55. Cf. Bagnall, 1976 Bagnall, R.S.1976, The administration of the Ptolemaic possessions outside Egypt, Columbia studies in the classical tradition4, Leiden - see in bibliography , p. 34 and footnote 32; Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , p. 418; Marquaille, 2003 Marquaille, C., 2003, The Ptolemaic ruler as a religious figure in Cyrenaica, Libyan Studies (LibStud), 34, 25-42 - see in bibliography , whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 53.2028; PP Peremans, W., van't Dack, E., then Clarysse, W. et al., Prosopographia Ptolemaica, I-X, Studia Hellenistica6, 8, 11-13, 17, 20-21, 25, 38, Leuven, 1950-2002 - see in bibliography 4323, 5305, 14961, and 15087.
Text
Apparatus
French translation
(La statue de) Philon fils de Kastor, archisomatophylax du roi et stratège a été consacrée à Apollon par les Cyrénéens en raison de la valeur et du dévouement qu'il a montrés envers le roi Ptolémée, la reine Cléopatre, Dieux Epiphanes, et leurs enfants, ainsi qu'envers la cité de Cyrène.
English translation
(The statue of) Philon son of Castor, archisomatophylax of the king and general was dedicated to Apollo by the Cyrenaeans on behalf of his virtue and well-doing towards king Ptolemy, queen Cleopatra, Gods Epiphaneis and their children, as well as towards the city of Cyrene.
Italian translation
(La statua di) Philon figlio di Kastor, archisomatophylax del re e stratego è stata consacrata ad Apollo dai Cirenei in considerazione del valore e della dedizione che ha mostrato nei confronti del re Tolemeo e della regina Cleopatra, Dèi Epifani, e dei loro figli, come pure nei confronti della città di Cirene.
Commentary
The date given in SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.55 is erroneous, see Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , p. 418.
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