Repository
Cyrene Museum, 151.
Support
Fragmentary white marble panel, broken on all sides (0.18; 0.33;0.06).
Layout
Inscribed on front face: a first part on the whole width with various spacing of letters and, at lines 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, a vacat between names and father's names, so as to give the visual impression of two columns; a second part (from l. 12 onwards) in two columns, each column being made of names and father's names, the letters of which are spaced so as to form two sub-columns and the initial letter of the lines in column b aligned with the father's names of the upper part.
Letters
0.011 to 0.013 at lines 1-11; 0.08 at lines 12 -21; very carefully and handsomely cut; slight serifs, beta with larger lower part, theta with a small central bar, rho with small loop, non-slanting sigma, phi with flattened loop, large omega with apicated lateral tails.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
End of second or beginning of first century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found before 1960 at Cyrene pleiades; HGL : exact findspot unrecorded.
Last recorded Location
Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1979 in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .
Text constituted from
Transcription from stone (CDL).
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 , 242 (ph.); Marengo, 1982 Marengo, S.M., 1982, Su un’iscrizione efebica da Cirene, Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Macerata (AFLM)15, 625-636 - see in bibliography , pp. 627-636 (ph.; dr.), whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 32.1604. Cf Luni, 1976 Luni, M., 1976, Documenti per la storia della istituzione ginnasiale e dell’attività atletica in Cirenaica, in rapporto a quelle della Grecia, in P. Romanelli, S. Stucchi (eds.), Cirene e la Grecia, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libya (QAL)8, 223-284 - see in bibliography , pp. 238-240, n. 5 (ph.); Cordiano, 2001 Cordiano, G., 2001, La Ginnasiarchia a Cirene I: Dall’età tolemaica fino all’epoca augustea, Minima epigraphica et papyrologica (MEP)4.6, 255-296 - see in bibliography , whence SEG Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, Leiden, then Amsterdam, 1923-1971, then 1979- - see in bibliography , 51.2208; Dobias-Lalou, 2016 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2016, Sur les listes d'anthroponymes de Cyrène à l'époque hellénistique, Studi Ellenistici30, 239-258 - see in bibliography , p. 240, n. 3.
3 Φιλύ[τα] : 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
ΦΙΛΥ[---]
5 Θεοδ[...] : 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
Θεοδ[ότου]
6 Λύσ[ιος] : 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
Λυσ[---]
7 Ἐτεά[ρχω] : 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
Ἐτεά[ρχου]
10
Marengo, 1982
Marengo, S.M., 1982, Su un’iscrizione efebica da Cirene, Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Macerata (AFLM)15, 625-636 - see in bibliography
[τρια]κάτιος : 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
[---] κάτιος
11 Καλ[λία] : 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
Καλ[---]
22 Ἡ[---] : 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
I[---]
24 Π̣[---] : 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
Ι[---]
26
Α
also consonant with Χ
[---] : 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
+
[---]
27 [Θεύ]δ
'οτ'
ancient correction from: ωρ
ον : 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
[---] δωρον
28
[c. 4]
ρ
also consonant with φ
αν : 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
[c. 4] φαν : Marengo, 1982
Marengo, S.M., 1982, Su un’iscrizione efebica da Cirene, Annali della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università di Macerata (AFLM)15, 625-636 - see in bibliography
[Ιθαννυ]ραν
30
[---] ν̣α : 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
[---] α
[---] , le maître de cavalerie [Untel] fils de Philytas, les gymnasiarques [Untel] (5) fils de Theod [---] , [Untel] fils de Lysis, [Untel] fils d'Etéarkhos, ainsi que celui des seniors [Untel] fils d'Anaxa [---] , (10) les triakatioi : Kallias fils de [---] ,
a) (une colonne de noms et patronymes),
b) (22) Hérakleidas fils de [---] , Hérakleitos fils de [---] , Theudôros fils de [---] , Theudôros fils de [---] , Theudôros fils de [---] , Theudotos fils de [---] , [---] an fils de [---] , [---] ès fils de [---] , (30) [---] n fils de [---] , [---] .
[---] , the master of riding [so-and-so] son of Philytas, the gymnasiarchs [So-and-so] (5) son of Theod [---] , [So-and-so] son of Lysis, [So-and-so] son of Etearchos, as well as the one for seniors [So-and-so] son of Anaxa [---] , (10) les triakatioi : Kallias son of [---] ,
a) (one column of names and fathers' names),
b) (22) Herakleidas son of [---] , Herakleitos son of [---] , Theudoros son of [---] , Theudoros son of [---] , Theudoros son of [---] , Theudotos son of [---] , [---] an son of [---] , [---] es son of [---] , (30) [---] n son of [---] , [---] .
[---] , il maestro d'equitazione [il tale] figlio di Philytas, i ginnasiarchi [il tale] (5) figlio di Theod [---] , [il tale] figlio di Lysis, [il tale] figlio di Etearchos, così come quello dei seniores [il tale] figlio di Anaxa [---] , (10) i triakatioi : Kallias figlio di [---] ,
a) (una colonna di nomi e patronimici),
b) (22) Herakleidas figlio di [---] , Herakleitos figlio di [---] , Theudoros figlio di [---] , Theudoros figlio di [---] , Theudoros figlio di [---] , Theudotos figlio di [---] , [---] an figlio di [---] , [---] es figlio di [---] , (30) [---] n figlio di [---] , [---] .
[---]، فراغ ...مدرب ركوب الخيل أو قائد الخيالة [فلان] بن فيليتاس ومشرفي الجمنازيوم [فلان] (5) بن ثيود [---] و[فلان] بن من ليسيس و[فلان] بن إيتارخوس، بالاضافة إلى آخر لتدريب كبارالسن [فلان] بن أناكسا [---] (10) ليس الترياكاتيوي: كالياس بن [---]، أ) (عمود واحد من اسماء اشخاص مع اسماء آبائهم) ب) (22) هيراكليداس بن [---] وهيراكليتوس بن [---] وثيودوروس بن [---] وثيودوروس بن [---] وثيودوروس بن [---] وثيودوتوس بن [---]، [---] بن [---]، [---] بن [---]، (30) [---] ن بن [-] -]، [---].
This inscription belongs to the series of dedications by the ephebes to Hermes and Heracles in honour of their heads followed by a list of the ephebes, the most complete instance for the Hellenistic period being IGCyr015200.
The very careful layout of this inscription allows to calculate how many letters are missing of each father's name at lines 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 and thus to restore some of them.
At line 5, the father's name might be either Θεόδωρος or Θεόδοτος.
At line 9, the father's name might be either Ἀνάξανδρος or Ἀναξαγόρας.
At line 28 the first letter might be a rho or a phi. Greek names ending in ρας known in Cyrenaica are all much longer than allowed by the four missing letters. Marengo suggested the Libyan name spelled Ιτθαννυρας or Ιθαννυρας. Even the latter seems rather long, but a shorter form Θαννυρας would be acceptable. Marengo excluded it for a reason of alphabetical order that does not seem to be relevant. On the other hand, if the first letter was phi, the Libyan name Αρταφαν would fill the gap perfectly; however it is up to now better attested only at Ptolemais and Arsinoe, and on the whole later than the present inscription.
The Philytas at line 3 was registered in Fraser-Matthews, 1987 Fraser, P.M., Matthews, E. (eds.), 1987, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, I: The Aegean Islands, Cyprus, Cyrenaica, Oxford - see in bibliography as dating between 31 B.C. and 14 A.D. upon advice of Reynolds. This seems impossible owing to the lettering and, as no other justification may be given there, her reasons remain obscure. The date given by Gasperini apud Luni, 1976 Luni, M., 1976, Documenti per la storia della istituzione ginnasiale e dell’attività atletica in Cirenaica, in rapporto a quelle della Grecia, in P. Romanelli, S. Stucchi (eds.), Cirene e la Grecia, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libya (QAL)8, 223-284 - see in bibliography is the second century B.C., which seems much more plausible, although we prefer a slightly lower date. A Philytas whose father's name is lost was ephor about -0150 (IGCyr063800) and might have been the father of this master of cavalry.
Luni discussed the number of gymnasiarchs of the elders with the erroneous idea that line 10 contained a personal name, resulting in three of them. Marengo's restoration gives the more usual number of one. However in IGCyr103900, a nearly contemporary list, there were at least two of them.
For the usual syntactical display of those lists, see Dobias-Lalou, 2000 Dobias-Lalou, C., 2000, Le dialecte des inscriptions grecques de Cyrène, Karthago25, Paris - see in bibliography , pp.241-246. For the special display of the first name of ephebe at line 11 Marengo suggests two explanations, either that this ephebe was also the dedicant of the monument or that he was the secretary of the ephebes.
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