Tithe

IGCyr107800

Trismegistos ID: 738608

Source Description

Repository

Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown.

Support

Fragmentary foot of a cup of Attic black-glazed ware (-; 0.014;0.009; diameter c. 0.08).

Layout

Scratched under foot.

Letters

0.005.

Place of Origin

Findspot.

Date

Probably first half of fifth century B.C. (monument-type)

Findspot

Found before 1987 at Cyrene : plausibly from the Sanctuary of Apollo .

Last recorded Location

Seen in 1987 by J.-J. Maffre in Shahat : Cyrene Museum .

Present Location

Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from

Transcription from editor.

Bibliography

Maffre, 2007 , p. 179, n. 46 (ph.), whence SEG , 57.2002, 11.

Text

[Ἀπόλλō]νι δε[κάταν]

Apparatus

1 δε[κάταν] : Maffre, 2007  δε[κάτα]

French translation

Dîme (consacrée à) Apollon.

English translation

Tithe (dedicated to) Apollo.

Italian translation

Decima (dedicata ad) Apollo.

Commentary

With the dative case of the god's name the word δεκάτα is usually at the accusative, see commentary at IGCyr106950.

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