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 pleiades; HGL : 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 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.41, 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 , 40.
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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