Support
Fragment of marble block broken on all sides except one edge (height 0.17).
Layout
Inscribed on both preserved sides, side b to the right of side a (order arbitrarily chosen).
Letters
0.012; carefully and deeply cut; alpha with low bar, theta with dot, slanting mu and sigma, rho with big loop.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Second half of fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1910 probably at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : bought by H.F. De Cou on the spot.
Present Location
Seems to be lost.
Text constituted from
Transcription from previous editors (CDL).
Robinson, 1913 Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography , n. 27; Sammelbuch Preisigke, F. et al. (eds.), Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten, Strassburg/Wiesbaden1915- - see in bibliography 5881; Masson, 1967 Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography , pp. 225-229. Cf. Fraser-Matthews, 1987 Fraser, P.M., Matthews, E. (eds.), 1987, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, I: The Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Oxford - see in bibliography , p. 168.
Side a
2
Masson, 1967
Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography
[Χαρ]ματίωνος : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] Ματίωνος
4
Masson, 1967
Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography
[---] [π]ολις : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] ολις
5
[---] [ιπ]πος : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] πος
6
[---] [ιπ]πος : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] πος
7
[---] [άν]θης : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] θης
8
Masson, 1967
Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography
Ἰρηναίω : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
<Ε>ἰρηναίω
10
Fraser-Matthews, 1987
Fraser, P.M., Matthews, E. (eds.), 1987, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, I: The Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Oxford - see in bibliography
[Ἑσ]περίτας (probably suggested by J. Reynolds) : Masson, 1967
Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography
[Εὐεσ]περίτας : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---] ερίτας
11
Masson, 1967
Masson, O., 1967, Remarques sur deux inscriptions de Cyrène et de Théra, Revue de Philologie, de Littérature et d'Histoire Anciennes (RPh)ser. 3, 41, 225-231 - see in bibliography
Ἀνάξιο̣[ς] : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
άναξίω
12 Ẹὐί̣π̣[πω] : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---]
Side b
1
π
also consonant with γ
[---] : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
[---]
5 Θευ[---] : Robinson, 1913
Robinson, D.M., 1913, Inscriptions from the Cyrenaica, American Journal of Archaeology (AJA)17, 157-200 - see in bibliography
Θε[---]
9
(no letter copied by Robinson after l. 8)
a) [---] [Un tel fils de Khar]matiôn, [un tel fils de] Damasanôr, [---] [p]olis fils de Pérétimos, [---] [ip]pos fils de Tlasôn, [---] [ip]pos fils de Myrtôsios, [---] [an]thès fils d'Agatharkhos, [---] arkhos fils d'Irènaios, [---] olas fils de Sémèr, [Hesp]éritas fils de Lastratos, [---] d also consonant with l as fils d'Anaxis,[Un tel] fils d'Euippos, [---]
b) (Noms incomplets)
a) [---] [So-and-so son of Char]mation, [So-and-so son of] Damasanor, [---] [p]olis son of Peretimos, [---] [ip]pos son of Tlason, [---] [ip]pos son of Myrtosios, [---] [an]thes son of Agatharchos, [---] archos son of Irenaios, [---] olas son of Semer, [Hesp]eritas son of Lastratos, [---] d also consonant with l as son of Anaxis, [So-and-so] son of Euippos, [---]
b) (Fragmentary names)
a) [---] [Il tale figlio di Char]mation, [Il tale figlio di] Damasanor, [---] [p]olis figlio di Peretimos, [---] [ip]pos figlio di Tlason, [---] [ip]pos figlio di Myrtosios, [---] [an]thes figlio di Agatharchos, [---] archos figlio di Irenaios, [---] olas figlio di Semer, [Hesp]eritas figlio di Lastratos, [---] d also consonant with l as figlio di Anaxis, [il tale] figlio di Euippos, [---]
b) (Nomi frammentari)
The lettering is very similar to that of list IGCyr014800, but the fragment does not match its missing parts.
Two rare names appear now on epitaphs of the third century: Damasanor as father of Kleo in IGCyr121800 and Semer as father of Phero in IGCyr105700. In both cases, a family link is plausible, but it is difficult to be more precise because of the gap in time.
For the name at line b.10 Masson's idea of a personal name derived from the ethnic of the Western city of Cyrenaica is very convincing. However the full form Εὐεσπερίτας seems too long by comparison with the surviving parts of other names; we thus prefer the shorter and locally usual form Ἑσπερίτας.
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