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M.96. List of names

Description: Sandstone stele (w: 0.44 x h: 1.46 x d: 0.23-0.215).
Text: Inscribed on one face which is chipped along all edges and intermittently pitted on the face.
Letters: Letter heights very variable:

Date: First century CE

Findspot: Gebel Akhdar: West of Cyrene: Gasr Hmeda near El Hmeda; found in 1969.
Original location: Unknown
Last recorded location: Tocra Museum

Interpretive

[---]Ι̣Κ[---]
[Σ]ωσικρά[της] Σ̣ω̣σικρά[τους]
Δ̣ᾶ̣μις Σα̣[.]α̣ιω ( vac. )
Χ̣ιμ̣αλυαν Ἀριμμαλ̣υνω
5Ἀρί[μ]μας Ἀρ̣ι̣ ( vac. )σαν[τος]
[.]ο̣ι̣ριων ( vac. ) Ἰάσονος̣
[Π]α̣υ̣σ̣ανίας Ἰάσον̣ος
Ἀρίμμας Ἀντι̣δ̣[...]ω
Ἀ̣τ̣θ̣υμάλλας Ω Ὑράτθιος
10[.]ατ̣ων ( vac. ) θεο̣δό̣του
Ἀ̣ν̣ύ̣σσαν ( vac. ) Αὐ̣τ̣αρ̣ν̣ιος
[θ]ε̣ό̣χ̣ρ̣η̣σ̣τ̣ος Δα̣ρ̣ιωνος
Ἀρίμμας ( vac. ) Ν[..]ωνος
Φ[..]Μ[.]Ν̣Α̣ΚΙΣ[.]Μ[---]
15Δ̣α̣ι̣λ̣ι̣σ̣ο̣ς̣ Ἄν̣ιω
Ἀπολλώνι̣ο̣ς̣ Φιλοξένω
Δάχις [Ἀτ]θ̣υ̣μ̣άλ̣λα̣
Θεογένης̣ Δ̣άχ̣ιο̣ς ( vac. 2)
Σ̣[...]ο̣ς Π̣[ρ]ά̣ξ̣ωνος
20[c. 4]δαμος Ἀριμμασπ[.]
[c. 4α]τθις Πα̣υσανία
[c. 5]σαν Λ̣επτ̣ί̣ν̣ω
[c. 6] ( vac. ) Μ̣ιττιος
[c. 5]τας Θεοδώ̣ρ̣ου
25[c. 6]λ̣υσας Ι̣Ι̣Λ̣Ο̣Λ̣Ω̣ΤΑ
[c. 14]Α[c. 5]
[---]Ο̣Σ̣Λ̣[---]
[---]Κ̣[---]
[...]ι̣ς Ὑρά̣τ̣θ̣ιος ( vac. )
30[---]ΛΛΛ[.]Σ Απ[..]ολω
[...]το̣ς Ἀτθυμάλλα
[c. 6]ος Πε̣νταρίστω̣
[...]ό̣δωρος Ἀντισθένου[ς]
[c. 5] Ἰ̣τ̣θαννυρας Χ̣Υ̣Λ̣[---]

Diplomatic

[---].Κ[---]
[.]ΩΣΙΚΡΑ[...]..ΣΙΚΡΑ[....]
..ΜΙΣΣ.[·].ΙΩ      
.Ι.ΑΛΥΑΝΑΡΙΜΜΑ.ΥΝΩ
5ΑΡΙ[.]ΜΑΣΑ..      ΣΑΝ[...]
[·]..ΡΙΩΝ      ΙΑΣΟΝΟ.
[.]...ΑΝΙΑΣΙΑΣΟ.ΟΣ
ΑΡΙΜΜΑΣΑΝΤ..[···]Ω
...ΥΜΑΛΛΑΣΩΥΡΑΤΘΙΟΣ
10[·]Α.ΩΝ      ΘΕ.Δ.ΤΟΥ
...ΣΣΑΝ      Α..Α..ΙΟΣ
[.].......ΟΣΔ..ΙΩΝΟΣ
ΑΡΙΜΜΑΣ      Ν[··]ΩΝΟΣ
Φ[··]Μ[·]..ΚΙΣ[·]Μ[---]
15........Α.ΙΩ
ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ...ΦΙΛΟΞΕΝΩ
ΔΑΧΙΣ[..]...Α.Λ.
ΘΕΟΓΕΝΗ..Α.Ι.Σ    
.[···].Σ.[.]..ΩΝΟΣ
20[····]ΔΑΜΟΣΑΡΙΜΜΑΣΠ[·]
[····.]ΤΘΙΣΠ.ΥΣΑΝΙΑ
[·····]ΣΑΝ.ΕΠ...Ω
[······]      .ΙΤΤΙΟΣ
[·····]ΤΑΣΘΕΟΔ..ΟΥ
25[······].ΥΣΑΣ......ΤΑ
[··············]Α[·····]
[---]...[---]
[---].[---]
[···].ΣΥΡ...ΙΟΣ      
30[---]ΛΛΛ[·]ΣΑΠ[··]ΟΛΩ
[···]Τ.ΣΑΤΘΥΜΑΛΛΑ
[······]ΟΣΠ.ΝΤΑΡΙΣΤ.
[···].ΔΩΡΟΣΑΝΤΙΣΘΕΝΟΥ[.]
[·····]..ΘΑΝΝΥΡΑΣ...[---]

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

. . . ] Sosikrates (scil. son) of Sosikrates; Damis (scil. son) of S-aios?; Chimaluan (scil. son) of Arimmalynos; Arimmas (scil. son) of Arisan; -rion (scil. son) of Iason; Pausanoas (scil. son) of Iason; Arimmas (scil. son) of Antid- ; Atthymallas (scil. son) of Hyratthis; -aton Theodotos; Anyssan (scil. son) of Autarnis; Theochretos (scil. son) of Darion; Arimmas (scil. son) of N[- ; [ . . . ] Dailisos (scil. son) of Anios; Apollonios (scil. son) of Philoxenos; Dachis (scil. son) of Atthymallas; Theogenes (scil. son) of Dachis; [ . . . ] (scil. son) of Praxon; -damos (scil. son) of Arimmasp[os]; -atthis (scil. son) of Pausanias; -san (scil. son) of Leptinos; ? (scil. son) of Mittis; -tas (scil. son) of Theodoros; -lysas [ . . . 3 lines . . . ] (scil. son) of Hyratthis; [ . . . ] -tos (scil. son) of Atthymallas; -os (scil. son) of Pentaristos; -odoros (scil. son) of Antisthenes; Itthannyras (scil. son) of ?.

Commentary

This is an elaborate inscription for a country site so far off the main road system. The purpose of the list of names is uncertain, but possibly they were men capable of military service or members of a confraternity of some sort (but the numbers seem large for that). The number of Greek names listed is perhaps as interesting, given the findspots, as the number of native ones.

The variable letter sizes suggests that the names were not all cut at once, in which case this might possibly be a list of magistrates.

Bibliography: Mentioned, Masson, 1976, 57-58
Text constituted from: Transcription (Reynolds).

Images

   Fig. 1. Face (Reynolds NS.I.24)

   Fig. 2. Face (Reynolds NS.I.25)

   Fig. 3. Face (Reynolds NS.I.26)


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