IGCyr2 | GVCyr2
Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Dedication (?)

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0040002
Trismegistos ID: 738144

Source description

Support: Two adjacent fragments of a kotyle of Corinthian ware (w: 0.059-).

Layout: Scratched on belly, on red painted band.

Letters: 0.003.

Date: First half of fifth century BC (monument type).

Findspot: Found between 1963 and 1965 at Taucheira: archaic votive deposit.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by J. Boardman in 1965 at Tūkrah. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor (CDL).

Bibliography

Boardman – Hayes 1973, n. 1899 (dr.); IGCyr 004000 .

Text

Interpretive

[---]ΤΡ[c. 1 - 2]ΑΝ δεκσιὰν Τ[---]

Diplomatic

[---]ΤΡ[c. 1 - 2]ΑΝΔΕΚΣΙΑΝΤ[---]

Apparatus

1: [Δάμα]τρ̣[ι τ]ὰν δεκσιὰν τ[---] Boardman – Hayes 1973 Boardman

French translation

Intraduisible.

English translation

Not usefully translatable.

Italian translation

Intraducibile.

Arabic translation

غير قابل للترجمه بشكل جيد

Commentary

Boardman thought that δεξιά stands here for 'pledge'. If so, the following word should be some form of τείνω. But parallels are lacking for that phrase complemented with a god's name. So we should be cautious with the restoration [Δάμα]τρ̣[ι].

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