Tithe for Apollo
IGCyr104300
Trismegistos ID: 738565
Source Description
Support
Grey marble rectangular block broken off at left (0.315; 0.09;0.28).
Layout
Inscribed in two lines on the face.
Letters
0.02; no serifs; symmetrical nu, slanting sigma, open omega.
Place of Origin
Findspot.
Date
Probably third century B.C. (lettering)
Findspot
Found before 1960 Cyrene pleiades; HGL : Sanctuary of Apollo .
Later recorded Location
Seen by D. Morelli in 1960 near the Fountain of Apollo .
Last recorded Location
Seen by Dobias-Lalou in 1982 inside the Strategeion , which was used as a storeroom of the Cyrene Museum .
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 , 249 (no image).
Apparatus
French translation
[Untel] fils de Télésandros (a consacré ce monument) à Apollon au titre de la dîme.
English translation
[So-and-so] son of Telesandros (dedicated this monument) to Apollo as a tithe.
Italian translation
[Il tale] figlio di Telesandros (ha dedicato questo monumento) ad Apollo come decima.
Commentary
Several men named Telesandros are mentioned in inscriptions of the fourth and the third century. As we have here only the father's name, no prosopographical relation may be proposed.
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