Honors
IGCyr094200
Trismegistos ID: 738453
Source Description
Support
White marble base, with mouldings on top and below chipped out; the front face is scratched; two holes for attachment of a statue on top (0.925; 0.42;0.535).
Layout
Inscribed on front face (0.87; 0.33;) near the upper edge.
Letters
0.025; slanting sigma, disymetrical nu.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Second half of fourth century B.C.
Findspot
Found in 1861 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo , near the North wall of the Temple of Artemis .
Later recorded Location
Seen by Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 'in the Sanctuary of Apollo '.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 at findspot.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
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. 4, whence SGDI Bechtel, F., Baunack, J., et al., Collitz, H. (ed.), Sammlung der griechischen Dialekt-Inschriften, III.2, Göttingen, 1905 - see in bibliography 4857; Oliverio, Taccuini inediti Oliverio, G., Taccuini inediti - see in bibliography , XI.46, XIII.12, whence 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 61.
Apparatus
1 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 Τείσων : Ἰάσονος (there are no puncts but accidental holes)
French translation
Teisiôn fils de Iasôn.
English translation
Teision son of Iason.
Italian translation
Teision figlio di Iason.
Arabic translation
تيسيون بن إياسون.
Commentary
The base was associated with a statue which featured the man mentioned on its front face. To have it erected in Apollo's sanctuary was a honor.
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