Tithe

IGCyr095800

Trismegistos ID: 738468

Source Description

Support

Grey marble base broken off at upper left angle with holes for two feet on top (0.69; 0.245;0.565).

Layout

Inscribed on front face.

Letters

0.025; slanting sigma.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Second half of fourth century B.C.

Findspot

Found in 1925 at Cyrene : Sanctuary of Apollo .

Later recorded Location

Seen by Pugliese Carratelli in 1960 at findspot.

Last recorded Location

Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 in front of the same temple.

Text constituted from

Transcription from stone (CDL).

Bibliography

Oliverio, 1927 , p. 157 (mention of find); Oliverio, Taccuini inediti , XI.41, whence SECir , 40.

Text

[Ὑ]π̣έρβιος Ἀκεσάνδρω Ἀπόλλωνι δεκάταν.

Apparatus

French translation

Hyperbios fils d'Akésandros (a consacré ce monument) à Apollon comme dîme.

English translation

Hyperbios son of Akesandros (dedicated this monument) to Apollo as a tithe.

Italian translation

Hyperbios figlio di Akesandros (ha dedicato questo monumento) ad Apollo come decima.

Commentary

The name Ὑπέρβιος is only attested for this man in Cyrenaica. There are a few occurrences elsewhere with no special localisation.

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