Building inscription from ?a temple
created: Transcription from the photograph (Reynolds); from the stones (Dobias-Lalou).
source date: First century BCE - Augustan
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Bibliography

[...], 120 p.290, fig. 91, from the photograph, whence [...], 1964.569.

Θεὸς Τύχα ἀγαθά ἐπὶ ἱαρεῦς Δαμ[...] οἱ ἱαρατευκότες [...] καὶ οἱ χρυσοφόρεντες [...] τῶ Ἀλέξιος π[...] τὰ θυρώματα καὶ [...] καὶ τὸν τρύφακτον [...] [...]

God. Good Fortune. In the priesthood of Dam[- . . . ] the former priests [ . . . ] and the gold-wearers [ . . . ] of Alexis P[- . . .] the doors [ . . . ] and the partition [ . . .

Commentary

The stone was clearly re-used in the structure of the amphitheatre.

Line 4: Assuming the use of the Cyrenaen dialect form. For the honorary significance of the right to wear gold and its connection with religious ceremonial see A. Wilhelm, \ XVII (1914) 39f., and cf. also Robert, Hellenica ΧΙ-XII, 452-3 on the objects worn. It is particularly well attested in the worship of Artemis at Ephesus cf. e.g. IEph 27F, 1.137 (at PHI 247861) χρυσοφοροῦντες τῇ θεῷ ἱέρεις.

Line 7: Α variant spelling (known to the grammarians) of δρύφακτος, a door.