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 : 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 , 249 (no image).

Text

[c. 7]  [Τ]ε̣λεσάνδρω [Ἀπόλλωνι δ]εκάταν

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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