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Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography , pp. 18-22 (= Gasperini, 2008 Gasperini, L., and Arnaldi, A., Marengo, S.M. (eds.), 2008, Scritti di epigrafia greca, Ichnia10, Tivoli - see in bibliography , pp. 283-288) and Dobias-Lalou, Bulletin Épigraphique Dobias-Lalou, C.Bulletin Épigraphique in Études Grecques (REG)1987- - see in bibliography , 1991.672, whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 40.1595. Cf. Gasperini, 1967 Gasperini, L., 1967, Due nuovi apporti epigrafici alla storia di Cirene romana, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libya (QAL)5, 53-64 [= , 55-74] - see in bibliography , p. 178 (= Gasperini, 2008 Gasperini, L., and Arnaldi, A., Marengo, S.M. (eds.), 2008, Scritti di epigrafia greca, Ichnia10, Tivoli - see in bibliography , pp. 217-226; Arena, 1990 Arena, R., 1990, Osservazioni sulla lingua delle due iscrizioni cirenaiche, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 35-40 - see in bibliography ; Lonati, 1990 Lonati, F., 1990, Grammatica delle iscrizioni cirenaiche, Pubblicazioni della Facoltà di lettere e filosofia dell'Università di Milano128, Sezione a cura dell'istituto di glottologia e lingue orientali9, Firenze - see in bibliography , pp. 224-225.

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fragment a

[Θεό?]ς· Κατέβλ[ε̄θεν---]   [c. 2 - 2]νος Δελφ[---]  Φιλ[]-[ο?]κṓμō πεμπ[---]  τō̃ν δ᾽ ἱαρομνα̣[μόνōν ---]  5φόρον λαβό<ν>τ[---] -Α : ἀργυρίō μν[αῖ ---] -ΑΙ ἴκατι ὀκτό̄ δ̣̣̣[---] [ἑμ]-ιστάτε̄́ρον ἓν Ε̣[---]  ⸏ ἐ̣φ᾽ Ἑρμε̄σάνδ[ρō ---]  10 [.]  [μ]ν̣αῖ ἑκατὸ[ν ---]  [..] [κο]ντα δρα[χμ---]  [....] ΝΕΝ τοὶ ο̣[---]  [.]  [τετ]ρακάτιαι̣ [---]  [...]  [χε̄]λιαι ΕΜ[---]  15 [....]  [δ]ρ̣αχμα[---]  - - - - - -

fragment b+c

- - - - - - [---]  δ᾽ ἐνν[ε̄̃ ---]  [---]  [χ]ε̄́λιαι τ[---]  [---] α στα̣[τε̄́ρ---]  [---] ΚΟ[---]  - - - - - -

fragment d

- - - - - - [---] ε̣ α also consonant with λ, χ [---]  [---] υ̣ρ[---]  - - - - - -

fragment e

- - - - - - [---]  + [---]  [---] ΥΙ[---]  - - - - - -

fragment f

[.. ? ..]  [---]  + [---]  [---] ΚΟ[---]  ⸏ [.. ? ..] 

fragment g

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ο[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment h

[.. ? ..]  [---] Π α also consonant with λ, χ [---]  [---] Τ[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment i

[.. ? ..]  [---]  ι also consonant with τ [---]  (vac.)

fragment j

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ν[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment k

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ε[---]  ⸏ [.. ? ..] 

fragment l

[.. ? ..]  [---]  + [---]  [---] Μ[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment m

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ι[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment n

[.. ? ..]  [---] Α[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment o

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ρ[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment p

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ε̣Ο[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment q

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ι[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment r

[.. ? ..]  [---] Ρ[---]  [.. ? ..] 

fragment s

[.. ? ..]  [---] Σ[---]  [.. ? ..]  -

Apparatus

a.1 Κατέβλ[ε̄θεν] : Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography  Κατέβλ[---]  : Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography  Κατέβα[λον Κυραναῖοι?]

a.1-2 [---] | [c. 2 - 2]νος Δελφ[---]  : Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography  [Ἀπό]|[λλō]νος Δελφ[ικō̃?] : Arena, 1990 Arena, R., 1990, Osservazioni sulla lingua delle due iscrizioni cirenaiche, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 35-40 - see in bibliography  [Ἀπό]|[λλō]νος Δελφ[ιδίō̃?] : Arena, 1990 Arena, R., 1990, Osservazioni sulla lingua delle due iscrizioni cirenaiche, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 35-40 - see in bibliography  [Ἀπό]|[λλō]νος Δελφ[νίō̃?]

a.6 μν[αῖ] : Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography  μν[α]

a.7-8 [ἑμ]|ιστάτε̄ρον ἓν Ε̣[---]  : Gasperini, 1990 Gasperini, L., 1990, Le laminette plumbee iscritte dal ripostiglio dell’Agorà di Cirene, in Giornata Lincea sulla Archeologia Cirenaica: Roma, 3 Novembre 1987, Atti dei Convegni Lincei87, Roma, 17-33 [= , 261-310] - see in bibliography  [---] ι στατε̄́ρōν ἐνε̣[---] 

a.12 - see in bibliography  ΝΕΝ τοὶ : Ν ἐν το̄ι (seems also possible)

d-s (we edit the fragments from Gasperini's drawing)

French translation

a) [Dieu?]. Ont été déposés  [---]  (voir commentaire l. 2)  [---]  de [Philo]kômos (voir commentaire l. 3)  [---]  des hiaromnamons  [---]  (voir commentaire l. 5) reçevant  [---]  . Mine(s) d'argent  [---]  vingt-huit mines  [---]  un hémistatère  [---] .

Sous (le prêtre) Hermèsandros,  [---]  cent mines  [---]  [tant de] dizaines, drachmes [tant]  [---]  les  [---]  quatre cents  [---]  mille  [---]  drachmes  [---] .

b-c)  [---]  et neuf  [---]  mille  [---]  statères  [---] .

d-s) Intraduisibles.

English translation

a) [God?]. Were deposited  [---]  (see commentary l. 2)  [---]  of [Philo]komos (see commentary l.3)  [---]  of the hiaromnamones  [---]  (see commentary l. 5) receiving  [---]  . Silver mine(s)  [---]  twenty-eight mines  [---]  one hemistater  [---] .

Under (priest) Hermesandros,  [---]  hundred mines  [---]  [so many] tens, drachms [so many]  [---]  the  [---]  four hundred  [---]  thousand  [---]  drachms  [---] .

b-c)  [---]  and nine  [---]  thousand  [---]  stateres  [---] .

d-s) Not usefully translatable.

Italian translation

a) [Dio?]. Sono stati depositati  [---]  (vedi commento l. 2)  [---]  di [Philo]komos (vedi commento l. 3)  [---]  degli hieromnamones  [---]  (vedi commento l. 5) che ricevono  [---]  . Mina/e d'argento  [---]  ventotto mine  [---]  un emistatere  [---] .

Sotto (il sacerdote) Hermesandros,  [---]  cento mine  [---]  [tante] decine, dracme [tante]  [---]  i/gli  [---]  quattrocento  [---]  mille  [---]  dracme  [---] .

b-c)  [---]  e nove  [---]  mille  [---]  stateri  [---] .

d-s) Intraducibili.

Commentary

In admitting that the first preserved letters at lines 4-9 are the beginning of the original lines, we follow Gasperini's explanation, drawing and photograph; however in editing the text, he admitted some letters missing at the beginning of those lines. That kind of difference we do not report in the apparatus.

Gasperini's restorations at lines 1 and 2 are based on the incipit of a list of fines paid by the Phocidians to the Delphian sanctuary of Apollo, who would be said here 'Apollo the Delphian' (Syll.3 Dittenberger, W. et al. (eds.), Sylloge inscriptionum graecarum, I-IV, Lipsiae, 1915-243rd ed. - see in bibliography 231), a phrase that only occurs in much later and different contexts. Furthermore the hiaromnamones mentioned at line 4 may be Cyrenaean authorities as well as Delphian ones. On the whole, the Delphian interpretation seems uncertain, all the more so that another account found along with this one (IGCyr081200) and probably related to it clearly registers local deposits. What appears at least is that we have at line 2 the end of a name (either a nominative or a genitive) and the beginning of another one built upon the ambiguous root Delph- . We prefer to leave open the question whether they are personal names or a god's name and epithet. If ever the first name was Apollo's, it should be reminded that Delphinios is a cultic epithet of Apollo in Thera (IG Inscriptiones Graecae, I-XIV, Berlin, 1903- - see in bibliography , XII 3.537), as it is elsewhere in inscriptions and literature with also a variant Delphidios in some inscriptions of Crete (see Bile, 1993 Bile, M., 1993, Le dialecte crétois ancien. Etude de la langue des inscriptions, recueil des inscriptions portérieures aux IC, École Française d'Athènes, Études crétoises, 27, Paris - see in bibliography , pp. 169-170).

At line 3, the segment πεμπ might be either a form of the present tense of the verb 'to send' or part of the numeral 'fifth'. Neither meaning is clear.

At line 5, φόρον might be either the noun 'tribute' or part of a compound adjective such as διάφορος 'different'. Nothing can be decided. The isolated alpha at the beginning of line 6 might be the end of a number of tens.

At line 8, as the 'mines' were mentioned above at the nominative case, we avoid a genitive of 'stateres' in restoring the smaller unit 'hemistater', for which see 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. 235.

We give here the precise findspot by combining Gasperini's rather vague indications with the chronology of the excavations in and around the temple given by Purcaro, 2001 Purcaro, V., 2001, L'agorà di Cirene II.3 L'area meridionale del lato Ovest dell'agorà, II.3, Monografie di archeologia libica24, Roma - see in bibliography , p. 19.

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