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C.266. Fragmentary list of priests

Description: Damaged marble stele, consisting of two blocks standing on a base that is moulded on three sides (together w: 0.85 x h: 1.05 x d: 0.68). Ιnscribed on two faces with C.265 and C.266
Text: Inscribed on the face to the right of C.265; only the right half survives. Each entry in a different hand
Letters: First century CE. line 1, 0.03; lines2-7, 0.04-0.06; lines8,9, 0.045; lines 10-11, 0.035.

Date: First century CE

Findspot: Cyrene: Temple of Apollo, built into a late partition wall; first recorded in 1861.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Standing in the Pronaos, beside the entrance of the cella, on the south side (2008).

Interpretive

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[ἱερεὺς Ἀπόλλω]ν̣ος ( vac. 7)
[(ἔτους)? --- Τι(βέριος) Κλα]ύ̣διος Κλέαρχ[ος]
[Τι(βερίου) Κλαυδί]ου Φειδίμου
[υἱὸς ἱερεὺς] καὶ ἀρχιερεύς
( vac. 1 line)
5 [(ἔτους)? --- Τι(βέριος) Κλ]α̣ύδιος ((leaf)) ( vac. 3)
[--- Ἀ]ντωνιανός ((leaf))
( vac. 1 line)
[---]κ̣ίω ( vac. 4)
[(ἔτους)? --- Τι(βερίου) Κλαυ]δ̣ίου ((stop)) Φι--
[--- υἱὸϲ Τι(βέριοϲ)] Κλαύδιοϲ
10[---]ϲ ((stop)) ( vac. 5)
[ἱερεὺϲ Ἀπόλλ]ωνοϲ ((stop)) ( vac. 2)
( vac. 2 lines)

Diplomatic

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[............].ΟΣ              
[.---......].ΔΙΟΣΚΛΕΑΡΧ[..]
[.........]ΟΥΦΕΙΔΙΜΟΥ
[..........]ΚΑΙΑΡΧΙΕΡΕΥΣ
     vacat
5[.---.....].ΥΔΙΟΣ       
[---.]ΝΤΩΝΙΑΝΟΣ
     vacat
[---].ΙΩ        
[.---.......].ΙΟΥ ΦΙ
[---.......]ΚΛΑΥΔΙΟϹ
10[---]Ϲ           
[...........]ΩΝΟϹ     
     vacat

Apparatus

1: [ἱε]ρε[ὺς] SECir, 1961-1962
4: [υἱος---] SECir, 1961-1962
5: Oliverio suggests [. . . Τι Κλ]αύδιος / [Φιλόξενος Ἀ]ντωνιανός.
7: [?ἐπὶ Λου]κίω SECir, 1961-1962 ; written in very poor characters, perhaps a graffito.
10: [ἱερεὺ]ς SECir, 1961-1962
11: [Ἀπόλλ]ωνος SECir, 1961-1962

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . priest ] of Apollo; [?Year ? . . . Ti(berios) Kla]udios (i.e. [Ti(berius) Cla]udius) Klearchos, [son of Ti(berios) Kla]udios (i.e. [Ti(berius) Cla]udius) Pheidimos, [priest] and high-priest; {Y?Year ? . . Ti(berios) Kl]audios [ . . . A]ntonianos (i.e. [Ti(berius) Cl]audius [. . . A]ntoninianus); [ . . .-]kios; [?Year ? . . . Ti(berios)] Klaudios (i.e. [Ti(berius)] Claudius) [ . . . son of Ti(berios) Klau]dios (i.e. [Ti(berius) Clau]dius) Phi[- . . . priest] of Apollo.

Commentary

The different hands suggest a running list of eponymus priests: but the entries are not necessarily consecutive.

Bibliography: SECir, 1961-1962, 4.b and fig 6 (from T.XI 65)..
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (2008, H.Walda)

   Fig. 2. Face, close-up (2008, H.Walda)

   Fig. 3. C.265 and C.266, view (2008, H.Walda)