Private honors and dedication
IGCyr097900
Trismegistos ID: 738496
Source Description
Support
Grey marble base with attachment holes for four statues on top, two larger ones at both ends, two smaller ones in the middle, and also for attachment of other objects (2.15; 0.435;0.61).
Layout
Inscribed in four columns of two lines each and one more line on the full width; in each column, the space between letters fluctuates so that both lines have the same length; the four columns are not equally dispatched on the width of the face, but correspond to the placement of the statues, whereas line 9 stretches at equal distance of both ends
Letters
col. a and d 0.03, col. b and c and l. 9 0.025; carefully cut, slightly slanting sigma.
Place of Origin
Cyrene pleiades; HGL : East of the Greek Theatre , originally placed on top of the Pyramidal Monument looking like a stairway .
Date
End of fourth or beginning of third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found in 1932 by G. Oliverio at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : East of Greek Theatre .
Later recorded Location
Seen by G. Pugliese Caratelli in 1960 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : 'in the Sanctuary of Apollo '.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2001 at the findspot.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
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 , 126 (ph.) . Cf. Ensoli, 2010 Ensoli, S., 2010, Il teatro-anfiteatro del Santuario di Apollo a Cirene, in M. Luni (ed.), Cirene e la Cirenaica nell'Antichità, Monografie di archeologia libica30, Cirene Atene d'Africa: attività delle missioni archeologiche internazionali a Cirene e in Cirenaica3, Roma, 117-145 - see in bibliography , p. 132.
Text
Apparatus
3 Κλεύθεμις : 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 Κλεύθεμις (the surface has been chipped off since 1932, date of the find and photograph)
French translation
Kleuthémis fils de Stasis. Kleuthémis fils de Philengyos. Damôn fils de Khartadas. Stasis fils de Kleuthémis.
Kleuthémis fils de Stasis a consacré (ce monument) durant sa prêtrise.
English translation
Kleuthemis son of Stasis. Kleuthemis son of Philengyos. Damon son of Khartadas. Stasis son of Kleuthemis.
Kleuthemis fils de Stasis dedicated (this monument) while being priest.
Italian translation
Kleuthemis figlio di Stasis. Kleuthemis figlio di Philengyos. Damon figlio di Khartadas. Stasis figlio di Kleuthemis.
Kleuthemis figlio di Stasis ha dedicato (questo monumento) quando era sacerdote.
Commentary
About the monument looking like a stairway, adjacent to East side of the theatre, on which this base stood, see Ensoli, 2010 Ensoli, S., 2010, Il teatro-anfiteatro del Santuario di Apollo a Cirene, in M. Luni (ed.), Cirene e la Cirenaica nell'Antichità, Monografie di archeologia libica30, Cirene Atene d'Africa: attività delle missioni archeologiche internazionali a Cirene e in Cirenaica3, Roma, 117-145 - see in bibliography .
The relation between the four names in the four columns is not clear. The first mentioned was probably the dedicant himself. Was the fourth one his father or his son? The second one might have been a cousin, bearing like him their grandfather's name. As for the third one, no link is suggested from the onomastics.
For a probable relation with a base near this one, see at IGCyr104600.
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