Support: Rectangular white marble block, inscribed on three sides, bearing also IGCyr011400² and IGCyr011500² on the right side, IGCyr011600² on the opposite side and IGCyr011700² on the same side above (w: 0.565 × h: 0.775 × d: 0.59).

Layout: Inscribed on the face below IGCyr011700².

Letters: 0.012, careful lettering; rho and phi with loops nearly triangular.

Date: Ca 334 BC (Rosamilia) (lettering, context).

Findspot: Found in 1915 at Cyrene ➚: agora, Temple of Apollo Archegetes.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, inv. number unknown. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou on June 1st, 1982, stored inside Strategeion. E. Rosamilia studied between 2019 and 2022 an ancient plaster moulding of the block kept in Rome: Università degli Studi

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL) and moulding (ER).

Apparatus

French translation

[Dieux. Démiurges] Aristarkhos fils de Polytimos, Antimakhos fils de Sôsis, Polyklès fils de Nikaios, sous la prêtrise d'Epigénès fils d'Epitimidas. La récolte a été estimée: orge, 1 drachme 2 oboles 1/2; froment, 1 drachme 2 oboles 1/2; légumineuses, 1 drachme 4 oboles; foin cultivé, 10 drachmes; sauvage, 6 drachmes; paille, le filet, 7 drachmes; raisin hâtif sous garantie, 4 drachmes; noir, 3 drachmes; raisin hâtif hors garantie, 3 drachmes; noir, 2 drachmes 2 oboles 1/2/; [figues], 4 oboles; raisins secs, 1 drachme; olives, 4 oboles; huile, 10 drachmes. Recettes: 336 mines 47 drachmes 2 oboles. Dépenses: 149 mines 77 drachmes 2 oboles. Reste: 186 mines 70 drachmes. Indemnité pour les démiurges: 3 mines.

English translation

[Gods. Damiergoi] Aristarchos son of Polytimos, Antimachos son of Sosis, Polykles son of Nikaios, being priest Epigenes son of Epitimidas. The crops were estimated: barley, 1 drachma 2 obols 1/2; wheat, 1 drachma 2 obols 1/2; pulse, 1 drachma 4 obols; cultivated hay, 10 drachmas; wild, 6 drachmas; straw, per net, 7 drachmas; grapes: early, under guarantee, 4 drachmas; black, 3 drachmas; early, without guarantee, 3 drachmas; black, 2 drachmas 2 obols 1/2; [figs], 4 obols; raisins, 1 drachma; olives, 4 obols; oil, 10 drachmas. Income: 336 mines 47 drachmas 2 obols. Expense: 149 mines 77 drachmas 2 obols. Remainder: 186 mines 70 drachmas. Allowance for the damiergoi: 3 mines.

Italian translation

[Dèi. Damiurghi] Aristarchos figlio di Polytimos, Antimachos figlio di Sosis, Polykles figlio di Nikaios, essendo sacerdote Epigenes figlio di Epitimidas. Il raccolto è stato valutato: orzo, 1 dracma 2 oboli 1/2; grano, 1 dracma 2 oboli 1/2; legumi, 1 dracma 4 oboli; fieno coltivato, 10 dracme; selvatico, 6 dracme; paglia, la rete, 7 dracme; uva primaticcia scelta, 4 dracme; nera, 3 dracme; primaticcia, non scelta, 3 dracme; nera, 2 dracme 2 oboli 1/2; [fichi], 4 oboli; uva passa, 1 dracma; olive, 4 oboli; olio, 10 dracme. Entrate: 336 mine 47 dracme 2 oboli. Uscite: 149 mine 77 dracme 2 oboli. Resto: 186 mine 70 dracme. Retribuzione per i damiurghi: 3 mine.

Arabic translation

[الآلهة. في فترة كل من الداميرجوي] تيمارخوس بن بوليتيموس وأنتيماخوس بن سوسيس وبوليكليس بن نيكايوس والكاهن إبيجينيس بن إبيتيميداس، المحاصيل تم تقديرها كالتالي: الشعير، 1 دراخما و½2 أوبول؛ القمح، 1 دراخما و½2 أوبول؛ البقوليات، 1 دراخما و4 أوبول؛ التبن المزروع، 10 دراخما؛ التبن البري، 6 دراخما؛ القش (الناتج عن درس الحبوب) ، 7 دراخما للشبكة الواحدة؛ العنب: (مباع بعقد مسبق) المبكر، 4 دراخما والأسود، 3 دراخما؛ (غيرمباع بعقد مسبق) المبكر، 3 دراخما والأسود، 2 دراخما ½2 أوبول؛ [التين]، 4 أوبول؛ الزبيب، 1 دراخما؛ الزيتون، 4 أوبول؛ الزيت، 10 دراخما. الدخل: 336 ميناي و47 دراخما و2 أوبول. النفقات: 149 ميناي و77 دراخما و2 أوبول. الباقي: 186 ميناي و70 دراخما. و3 ميناي تُعطى للداميورجوي.

Commentary

Following Rosamilia 2023 this account is the third one cut on this block, after IGCyr011400² and below IGCyr011700², being thus the first item inscribed on a lower range; IGCyr011500² followed on the next side.

At line 2, the name of the first mentioned damiergos has been rightly restored as Aristarchos, which fits better the space available and allows to identify him as the father of the dedicant of IGCyr107200², as already noticed by Gasperini and missed in IGCyr.

Ll. 5-6: the priest's name was erroneously written in the nominative instead of the genitive case (see a similar error at IGCyr012500²).

In this account, like in IGCyr011700², there is no distributive adverb ἀν before each unitary value.

L. 9 has Δ for 10 drachmas and not for 1/10 of obol like in the other accounts. We chose to take it as the acrophonic abbreviation used in Attica for the number δέκα. Alternatively, Oliverio (Oliverio 1932-1933, p. 104) preferred the idea that the stonecutter began to write the name in full, then stopped to follow the general system of numerals and forgot to emend this price. A similar exception can be found at IGCyr088300², line 3.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr011800 Account of the damiergoi

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