Dedication to Apollo and Artemis
IGCyr019100
Trismegistos ID: 738235
Source Description
Support
Fragmentary white marble panel, re-cut at left, broken off on all other sides but for a very small part of the right edge (dimensions unknown).
Layout
Inscribed on the face.
Letters
Height unknown: careful letters with serifs.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
End of second or beginning of first century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1926 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo in front of the Doric Fountain , under a water-pipe.
Present Location
Not seen by IGCyr team.
Text constituted from
Transcription from previous editor (CDL).
Bibliography
Oliverio, 1928 Oliverio, G., 1928, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1926: i principali documenti epigrafici, Africa Italiana1, 317-336 - see in bibliography , p. 329, n. 11, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 9.102; Marengo, 1991 Marengo, S.M., 1991, Lessico delle iscrizioni greche della Cirenaica, Studi pubblicati dall’Istituto italiano per la Storia antica49, Roma - see in bibliography , p. 266.
Apparatus
1 [.....] λη : Oliverio, 1928 Oliverio, G., 1928, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1926: i principali documenti epigrafici, Africa Italiana1, 317-336 - see in bibliography [Πολυκ]λῆ
2 [.....] [κ]λεια : Oliverio, 1928 Oliverio, G., 1928, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1926: i principali documenti epigrafici, Africa Italiana1, 317-336 - see in bibliography [Καλλίκ]λεια
2 Ποσείδι̣[ος?] : Oliverio, 1928 Oliverio, G., 1928, Campagna di scavo a Cirene nell’estate 1926: i principali documenti epigrafici, Africa Italiana1, 317-336 - see in bibliography Ποσειδ[ωνίω] : Marengo, 1991 Marengo, S.M., 1991, Lessico delle iscrizioni greche della Cirenaica, Studi pubblicati dall’Istituto italiano per la Storia antica49, Roma - see in bibliography Ποσειδ[---]
French translation
(Cette statue de) [.....] lès fils de Polyklès a été consacrée à Apollon et Artémis par [.....] kleia fille de Poseidis.
English translation
(This statue of) [.....] kles son of Polykles was dedicated to Apollo and Artemis by [.....] kleia daughter of Poseidis.
Italian translation
(Questa statua di) [.....] les figlio di Polykles fu dedicata ad Apollo e Artemide da [.....] kleia figlia di Poseidis.
Commentary
Oliverio's restorations of three names were not convincing, as already seen by Marengo. At l. 1, the honorandus' name may be a compound of -κλῆς or -θάλης as well; we leave the question open.
At l. 2, there are a lot of possiblities for the name ending with -κλεια of the woman responsible for the dedication.
For her father's name the restoration should be as short as possible, owing to the space available. So Πόσειδις, already attested at Cyrene, seems to be the best solution.
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