Dedication to Apollo

IGCyr030200

Trismegistos ID: 738294

Source Description

Support

Foot of an Attic black-glazed ware cup (diameter 0.07).

Layout

Scratched spirally under foot.

Letters

0.005-0.01.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Fifth century B.C.

Findspot

Found at an unknown date at Cyrene : North of the Altar of Artemis .

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from previous editor (CDL).

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1933-1936 , p. 267, n. 542, fig. 107, whence SEG , 9.314. Cf. Lazzarini, 1976 , p. 274, n. 698; Maffre, 2007 , p. 169, n. 12.

Text

Δεκάταν τὀπόλōνι.

Apparatus

French translation

Dîme (consacrée) à Apollon.

English translation

Tithe (dedicated) to Apollo.

Italian translation

Decima (dedicata) ad Apollo.

Commentary

The accusative δεκάταν and the dative of the god's name imply that the verb ἀνέθηκε was subaudible, whereas no dedicant's name was ever inscribed. For a parallel, see IGCyr106950 and probably IGCyr006400.

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