Private honors for Ptolemy II Philadelphus by Ariston

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Smith-Porcher, 1864 Smith, R.M., Porcher, E.A., 1864, History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene, made during an expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, under the auspices of Her Majesty's government, London - see in bibliography , n. 16, whence SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography 4850 and OGIS Dittenberger, W. (ed.), Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae, I-II, Leipzig, 1903-1905 - see in bibliography 22. Cf. Sammelbuch Preisigke, F. et al. (eds.), Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, Strassburg/Wiesbaden1915- - see in bibliography 10077; Fraser, 1956 Fraser, P.M., 1956, A Ptolemaic inscription in Alexandria Museum, Bulletin de la société royale d'archéologie d'Alexandrie (BSAA)41, 49-55 - see in bibliography , p. 50, footnote 2, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography 18.729; Chamoux, 1956 Chamoux, F., 1956, Le roi Magas, Revue Historique216, 18-34 - see in bibliography , p. 31; SECir Oliverio, G., Pugliese-Carratelli, G., Morelli, D., 1961-1962, Supplemento Epigrafico Cirenaico, Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente (ASAA)39-40 (= n.s. 23-24), 219-375 - see in bibliography , p. 374, fig. 170 (only a photograph); Bagnall, 1976 Bagnall, R.S.1976, The administration of the Ptolemaic possessions outside Egypt, Columbia studies in the classical tradition4, Leiden - see in bibliography , p. 26; Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , p. 409, footnote 1.

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1 [Βασιλῆ] : Smith-Porcher, 1864 Smith, R.M., Porcher, E.A., 1864, History of the recent discoveries at Cyrene, made during an expedition to the Cyrenaica in 1860-61, under the auspices of Her Majesty's government, London - see in bibliography  [Βασιλέα]

French translation

(La statue du) [roi] Ptolémée fils des Sôtères a été consacrée par Aristôn fils de Lysiphanès.

English translation

(The statue of) [king] Ptolemy son of the Soteres was dedicated by Ariston son of Lysiphanes.

Italian translation

(La statua del) [re] Tolemeo figlio dei Soteri è stata dedicata da Ariston figlio di Lysiphanes.

Commentary

Smith and Porcher saw the stone «built into the corner of a wall in the restored part of the temple of Apollo, on the second story. As the inscribed face was turned inwards, this marble must have been taken from some earlier edifice». Because of its then position, they could transcribe only part of it.

The date is induced from the lack of titles for the parents and absence of Arsinoe, married in 279/8 ( Fraser, 1956 Fraser, P.M., 1956, A Ptolemaic inscription in Alexandria Museum, Bulletin de la société royale d'archéologie d'Alexandrie (BSAA)41, 49-55 - see in bibliography , p. 50, footnote 2); moreover, it might show that the quarrel between Magas and Philadelphus did not become effective in the very first years of Philadelphus' reign ( Bagnall, 1976 Bagnall, R.S.1976, The administration of the Ptolemaic possessions outside Egypt, Columbia studies in the classical tradition4, Leiden - see in bibliography , p. 26; Laronde, 1987 Laronde, A., 1987, Cyrène et la Libye hellénistique. Libykai historiai de l’époque républicaine au principat d’Auguste, Paris - see in bibliography , p. 409, footnote 1).

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