IRCyr   Inscriptions of Roman Cyrenaica

C.647. 1. Dedication of ephebic monument to Hermes and Herakles; 2-4: Ephebic texts

Description: Low marble base with egg and dart moulding above and below the fascia (w: 0.652 x h: 0.35 x d: 0.382)
Text: Text 1 inscribed on the front face (ll.1-2) and on the lower moulding; text 2 inscribed on the cornice; text 3 inscribed on the face, below 1, line 2; text 4 graffito on the face, following 3.
Letters: No measurements; 2-4 in much smaller letters than 1. L for ἔτους.

Date: All: First century BCE - early first century CEText 2, perhaps 19/18 BCEText 3, 40/41 CE

Findspot: Cyrene: 'Quartiere centrale, all'esterno di Casa Parisi (parete sud)' (Gasperini).
Original location: Unknown.
Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum

Interpretive

1
Ἰγίσαν Ἀντιμάχω
Ἀντίμαχος Ἀντιμάχω
Ἑρμαῖ ( vac. ) Ἡρακλεῖ
2
(ἔτους) ιγ´ Καλλιμάχω τῶ Θευδοσίω
3
(ἔτους) οα´ Α ( vac. )Ι Πολυάρατος Ἰάσονος
4
Ἰάσων Πολυαράτω

Diplomatic

1
ΙΓΙΣΑΝΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΩ
ΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΟΣΑΝΤΙΜΑΧΩ
ΕΡΜΑΙ    ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙ
2
L ΙΓΚΑΛΛΙΜΑΧΩΤΩΘΕΥΔΟΣΙΩ
3
L ΟΑΑ  ΙΠΟΛΥΑΡΑΤΟΣΙΑΣΟΝΟΣ
4
ΙΑΣΩΝΠΟΛΥΑΡΑΤΩ

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

(1): Igisan (scil. son) of Antimachos, Antimachos (scil. son) of Antimachos (scil. dedicated this) for Hermes and Herakles

(2): Year 13, of Kallimachos son of Theudosios

(2): Year 71, Polyaratos (scil. son) of Iason

(2): Iason (scil. son) of Polyaratos

Commentary

1: The dedication indicates an ephebic monument; see Luni, loc. cit..

2: Gasperini took this as a dating reference to the Priest of Apollo

Bibliography: Gasperini, 1971, 4, note 16; Luni, 1976 p.241 no.9 and fig. 11, whence mentioned SEG 32.1607
Text constituted from: From previous publications (Roueché).

Images

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