Dedication to the gods of the agora

IGCyr019900

Trismegistos ID: 6008

Source Description

Support

Grey marble base with two footprints on top, broken at the upper right angle, chipped off at the left edge (0.82; 0.67;0.695).

Layout

Inscribed: l. 2 is not well centred.

Letters

0.022 ll. 1-2; 0.02 l. 3.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Second half of third century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found before 1924 at Cyrene : agora , reused in a late wall, N-W of the Temple of Demeter and Kore .

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 at Cyrene : agora , before West portico .

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Ghislanzoni, 1925 , pp. 410-411, whence SEG , 9.111; Laronde, 1987 , pp. 397, 427; Dobias-Lalou, 2003 , whence SEG , 53.2029.

Text

Πραξιτέλης Ἰσχεμά[χω] Νέμεα [τ]οῖς θεοῖς τοῖς ἐν τᾶι ἀγορᾶι ἀνέθηκ[ε].

Apparatus

French translation

Praxitélès fils d'Iskhémakhos, (vainqueur aux) jeux Néméens, a consacré (ce monument) aux dieux de l'agora.

English translation

Praxiteles son of Ischemachos, (winner at the) Nemean games, dedicated (this monument) to the gods of the agora.

Italian translation

Praxiteles figlio di Ischemachos, (vincitore ai) giochi di Nemea, ha dedicato (questo monumento) agli dèi dell'agora.

Commentary

For the historical context, see Laronde, 1987 .

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