Dedication to the Curete
IGCyr103410
Trismegistos ID: 738554
Source Description
Support
Limestone altar with mouldings on top and below (0.61; 0.62;0.62).
Layout
Inscribed on three sides (front face = a ; lateral sides = b and c) under the upper moulding (0.54; 0.38;0.54).
Letters
0.035; slanting sigma, slightly smaller circular letters.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found before 1960 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL , in the so called Agora of the Gods .
Later recorded Location
Seen by D. Morelli in 1960 in situ.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in situ.
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
Bibliography
Morelli in 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 , 232 (no image); cf. Parisi Presicce, 2007 Parisi Presicce, C., 2007, Apobomios, epibomios, probomios: indagini sul culto di Apollo a Cirene, in L. Gasperini, S. Marengo (eds.), Cirene e la Cirenaica nell'antichità: atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Roma-Frascati, 18-21 dicembre 1996, Ichnia9, 491-524Tivoli, - see in bibliography , p. 498.
Apparatus
a.1 Κωρὴ̣[ς Κρη]τ̣ικός : 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 Κωρήτω
French translation
Courète Crétois. (J'appartiens à) Khartadas fils de Khartadas (?).
English translation
Cretan Curete. (I belong to) Chartadas son of Chartadas (?).
Italian translation
Curete Cretese. (Appartengo a) Chartadas figlio di Chartadas (?).
Commentary
Morelli's side a) = IGCyr side c); Morelli's side b) = IGCyr side b) ; Morelli's side c) = IGCyr side a)
The surface is in very bad condition and nothing was read by C. Dobias-Lalou on the lateral faces, so that we are not able to indicate which one is on the right and which one is on the left. Morelli's readings might correspond to an owner's mark, consisting either of a man's name (side b) with homonymous father's name (side c), as in translations above, or of a name written twice and abbreviated on side c; in the latter case the meaning would be (I belong to) Chartadas; (I belong to)Charta(das).
Morelli's reading for side a), Κωρήτω, is not acceptable on grammatical grounds.
The mention Κρητικός is also attested in IGCyr019600.
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