Repository
Cyrene Museum, 84.
Support
Fragment of white marble stele broken on top, below and in the middle (0.17; 0.16;0.04), bearing also IGCyr062800, IGCyr062820, IGCyr062830, IGCyr062840 and IGCyr062850 .
Layout
Inscribed on one side below IGCyr062800, with IGCyr062850 on the right side of the same fragment.
Letters
0.01; slight serifs, close lettering, non-slanting sigma, calice-shaped upsilon, rho and phi with small loop.
Place of Origin
Date
139-132 B.C. or 124-116 B.C. (reign)
Findspot
Found before 1956 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : exact findspot unrecorded.
Last recorded Location
Shahat : Cyrene Museum .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography , pp. 101-104, n. 1, pl. XII, 1, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 18.727; Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography , n. I.A, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 50.1639.A. Cf. Marquaille, 2003 Marquaille, C., 2003, The Ptolemaic ruler as a religious figure in Cyrenaica, Libyan Studies (LibStud), 34, 25-42 - see in bibliography , and Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique Dobias-Lalou, C.Bulletin Épigraphique in Études Grecques (REG)1987- - see in bibliography , 2005.620, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 53.2028.
1 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [---] ΣΑ[c. 18] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [---] ΣΣ[.......................]
2 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography τὰν πρ̣ο[c. 16] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography τὰν πι̣ο̣[..................]
3 ἱαρῶσαι ΤΟ[c. 13] : Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography ἱαρῶσαι τὸ[ς ἀγρὸς? ---] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [---] [κα]ὶ ἱαρῶσαι το[ὺς ἀγροὺς? ---]
4 καὶ ποίεσθαι : Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [καὶ ποιε̃σθαι] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [καὶ εὐχὰς πο-]
5 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [εὐχὰς] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [ε̃σθαι ]
6 ποίεσθαι : Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography ποιε̃σθαι : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography ποε̃σθαι
8 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [καρπῶ τιμάσιος?] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [τούτω]
8 [ἐλὲν δὲ καὶ ταμίας ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγ]ρῶν : Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [ἐλε̄ν δὲ καὶ ταμίας ἐπὶ τῶν ἀγ]ρῶν : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [ἑλεῖν δὲ καὶ πέντε ἄνδρας ἐπὶ τῶν ἀ]γρῶν
9 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [ἐπιμελήσονται τῶν ἀναλωμάτων τῶν ἐπὶ τὰς τ?]ρ̣οφὰς : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [ἐπιμελήσονται αὐτῶν?] [c. 6 - 7 κατὰ τὰς ἀ]ποφάσ<ιες>
10 Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography [---] των ἀναλίσκεν : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography [---] [χρημά]των ἀναλίσκειν
11 ποίεσθαι ὅπως καὶ ἀπο̣[.....] : Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, S.E.G. XVIII 727: révision et compléments, in G. Paci (ed.), Ἐπιγραφαί. Miscellanea epigrafica in onore di Lidio Gasperini, I, Ichnia5, Tivoli, 335-346 - see in bibliography ποιε̃σθαι ὅπως καὶ ἀπο̣[.....] : Fraser, 1958 Fraser, P.M., 1958, Inscriptions from Cyrene, Berytus12, 101-128 - see in bibliography ποε̃σθαι ὅπως καὶ ἀπ̣[......]
[---] consacrer [---] sacrifier chaque année [et faire des voeux et [---] , pour la santé et le salut du] roi et des reines [ainsi que de leurs enfants] aux jours [fixés] et faire des libations [---] ; consacrer aussi des stèles au sujet de [l'estimation de la récolte et choisir des intendants préposés aux?] terrains, chaque année, qui [veilleront aux dépenses touchant aux?] indemnités d'entretien que nous voterons en faveur des [---] dépenser aussi à propos des autres [---] et faire en sorte que [---] .
[---] to dedicate [---] to sacrifice each year [and to make vows and [---] for the health and salvation of the] king and the queens [and also their children] at the [stated] dates and to make libations [---] ; to dedicate also steles about [the assessment of the crops and to choose treasurers in charge of?] the fields, each year, who [will provide to the expenses concerning the?] allowances that we shall vote on behalf of [---] to spend also for the other [---] and to see to it that [---] .
[---] di consacrare [---] di fare sacrifici ogni anno [e fare voti e [---] , per la salute e la salvezza del] re e delle regine [come pure dei loro figli] nei giorni [stabiliti] e di fare libagioni [---] ; di dedicare anche stele sulla [valutazione del raccolto e di scegliere tesorieri preposti ai?] campi, ogni anno, i quali [si occuperanno delle spese relative alle?] indennità di sostentamento che voteremo per [---] di spendere anche per gli altri [---] e di fare in modo che anche [---] .
This document was a decree of the Cyrenaeans organizing the royal cult (like IGCyr011100) and the administration of fields that should be the 'royal fields' mentioned in the accounts of the damiergoi and later passed on to the Roman people. If so, IGCyr062820 and IGCyr062830 might be clues to an intervening state, when the Ptolemies left the administration in the hands of the Cyrenaeans.
The 'king and the queens' mentioned at l. 5 may only be Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, Cleopatra II and III, whence the date in either period of their triple reign.
The τροφαί (l. 9) are allowances given to priests or other religious servants, like in the accounts of damiergoi.
IGCyr097150 might belong to this text, but this cannot be pushed forward because we know it only from a photograph.
The inventory numbers show that at least some parts of the stone were already in the epigraphic collection at the time of the reorganization of the Cyrenaean antiquities after World War II care of Goodchild (from 1956 on) and before Fraser observed one of them. They were perhaps all found during the Italian period, like both fragments of IGCyr062830.
For the forms of infinitive ποίεσθαι and ἐλέν C. Dobias-Lalou now thinks that they have short vowels, whence the accentuation proposed here.
For a possible additional fragment, see IGCyr097150. However, we preferred not to join them.
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