Tithe for Apollo after naval victories
IGCyr017000
Trismegistos ID: 738226
Source Description
Support
Grey circular marble base with one bigger and two smaller hollows for attachment on top (height 0.335; diameter 0.67).
Layout
Inscribed.
Letters
Lines 1-2 0.022, lines 3-6 0.015; careful letters without serifs.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Between 330 and 325 B.C. (prosopography)
Findspot
Found at an unknown date at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo, in front of Temple of Apollo .
Last recorded Location
Seen in 1977 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat : in front of Department of Antiquities office.
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. 94-96, n. 59 (ph.), whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.76; 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. 66-68, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 38.1895. Cf. Tod, 1948 Tod, M.N., 1948, A Selection of Greek historical inscriptions II: from 403 to 323 B.C., Oxford - see in bibliography , n. 203.
Text
Apparatus
French translation
Aristis fils de Philon (a consacré) comme dîme à Apollon les trières prises sur les ennemis, une avec le navarque Sthénon à Khernasoi, une avec le stratège Kallippos du côté du levant, une avec le navarque Psaphon à Euhespérides.
English translation
Aristis son of Philon (dedicated) as a tithe to Apollo the triremes taken from the enemies, one with admiral Sthenon at Chernasoi, one with general Kallippos towards the East, one with admiral Psaphon at Euesperides.
Italian translation
Aristis figlio di Philon (ha dedicato) come decima ad Apollo le triremi prese ai nemici, una con il navarco Sthenon a Chernasoi, una con lo stratego Kallippos verso oriente, una con il navarco Psaphon a Euesperides.
Commentary
The date of this inscription is deduced on prosopographical grounds by Oliverio, partly followed by Laronde, who nevertheless argued against Oliverio's idea of victories in the war against Thibro and preferred a slightly earlier date.
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