Pederastic acclamation

IGCyr052900

Trismegistos ID: 738329

Source Description

Support

Square rock-cut chamber of native limestone, (dimensions unknown).

Layout

Scratched on the Western inner wall, to the left of the entrance door (a) and later more to the left (b).

Letters

a)0.11; b) 0.15; symmetrical nu, slanting sigma.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Perhaps second century B.C. (lettering)

Findspot

Found by S. Ferri in 1922 at Cyrene : Sanctuary of Budaraj .

Present Location

Not found by J.M. Reynolds nor by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from editor (CDL).

Bibliography

Ferri, 1922 , p. 99, n. 5, whence SEG , 9.738.

Text

a
[Φιλ?]ωνί 'δ' ης καλός

b
«ΑΕΔ»

Apparatus

a.1 [Φιλ?]ωνί 'δ' ης : Ferri, 1922  [Λε?]ωνίδης : SEG  Λ̣ε̣ωνίδης

French translation

[Phil?]onidès (est) beau!

English translation

[Phil?]onides (is) fine!

Italian translation

[Phil?]onides (è) bello!

Commentary

Ferri's drawing and explanation are quite clear: the first letters of the personal name have been later on erased and replaced by three obscure letters (b), which is nonsense, thus not translatable. The restoration now proposed, with three letters erased, fits better the space available.

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