Tithe
IGCyr095600
Trismegistos ID: 738465
Source Description
Support
White marble base, chipped in the middle of the upper edge, with holes for two feet on the upper face (0.64; 0.2;0.69); the surface of the front face is damaged and covered with concretions.
Layout
Inscribed twice with the same text on front face, this one in two lines just under upper edge; on the same stone as IGCyr095610, which is a duplicate.
Letters
0.018; large spaces between letters, slanting mu and sigma, unequal strokes of nu, rather open omega.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
First quarter of fourth century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1925 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo .
Later recorded Location
Seen in 1960 by Pugliese Carratelli at the same place.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo , namely West of the Temple of Artemis .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
Oliverio, 1927 Oliverio, G., 1927, Campagna di scavi a Cirene nell'estate del 1925: II. Documenti epigrafici del santuario di Apollo, Africa Italiana1, 156-158 - see in bibliography , p. 157 (mention of find); Oliverio, Taccuini inediti Oliverio, G., Taccuini inediti - see in bibliography , XI.57, 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 , 38.
Apparatus
French translation
Nikandros fils d'Artymiôn (a consacré ce monument) comme dîme.
English translation
Nikandros son of Artymion (dedicated this monument) as a tithe.
Italian translation
Nikandros figlio di Artymion (ha dedicato questo monumento) come decima.
Commentary
The restoration of the name is based on the second inscription (IGCyr095610), which is more visible than the first one.
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