Description: Damaged stele consisting of two marble blocks standing side by side, one (with C.394)
now in two fragments, one broken away below, and the other
(with C.393) hollowed out at the back
(w:
0.75 x h:
0.88 x d:
0.64). There are dowel holes on top presumably for the attachment of other
blocks.
Text: Inscribed across the two blocks;
the lower left side and two-thirds of the right side are lost; each entry in a different hand. C.393 is inscribed on the
right side of the right hand block.
Letters: First-second century: ave. 0.04; small round stop after T in line 2.
Date: First - second century CE
Findspot:
Cyrene:
In the Sanctuary, area of the Fountain of Apollo;
First recorded in 1817; apparently (see photo below) located in 1927 with C.248.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location:
Standing in front of the Temple of Hekate (2008).
Apparatus
1: Omitted by Robinson, Oliverio2: [Τ(ίτου) Φ]λ̣α̣β̣ί̣[ου] : [Σ]αβεινο[ς ὑὸς] SECir, 1961-1962
3: Παυσαν : Παυσ.ν Robinson, 1913
5: Πυ[ρ]αμαίου· ΥΟ Robinson, 1913
6: -ας Robinson, 1913
9: ς Robinson, 1913
etranslation
Translation by: Charlotte Roueché
. . . ] T(itos) Phlabios (i.e. T(itus) Flavius) Pausanias (scil. son) of [T(itos)] Phlabios (i.e. T(itus) Flavius) Pausanias. [ . . . - ] son of Ptulmaios [ . . . ] Ptolemaios [son of] Ptolemaios [ . . .
Commentary
The different hands suggest that the text is a running record of eponymus priests of Apollo; but it is clear that the record was not kept systematically and that the entries are not in all cases consecutive.
Bibliography: Frankel, Sitz.Berol.Ak. 1903, 89 (lower part only); right-hand block, Robinson, 1913, from De Cou, 194; republished SECir, 1961-1962, 12, figs 14, 15 (from T.XI 8 e39).
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).
Images
Fig. 1. Face (Department of Antiquities, D. 130)
Fig. 2. Upper left fragment (ll. 1-3) above C.248 (Department of Antiquities, F. 426)
Fig. 3. Corner view of the two inscribed faces, C.393 and C.394, of the stone (Department of Antiquities, D.131)
Fig. 4. Face, lower fragment, lines 5-10 (2008, H.Walda)
Fig. 5. Face, lower fragment, lines 5-10 (2008, H.Walda)