Support: Two non adjacents fragments of a white marble panel; fragment a) from top, broken at left, right and below (w: 0.115 × h: 0.11 × d: 0.05-0.052); fragment b) from right part, broken above, below and at left (w: 0.285 × h: 0.165 × d: 0.05-0.054); both fragments get thicker from right to left.

Layout: Inscribed on front face (w: 0.26).

Letters: 0.009-0.01; at line 2, the right hasta of nu serves also as hasta for the following kappa; ligature at lines 6 and 17: delta surmounted with the buckle of a rho.

Date: Between 265 and 255 BC (Rosamilia) (lettering, textual context).

Findspot: Fragment a): found before 1933 at Cyrene ➚: on the agora. Fragment b): found at an unknown date at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unknown.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 314 (fragm. a); 85 (fragm. b). Both fragments seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1982 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stones (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Dieux. Prêtre Poly[---]. Etant démiurges Ka[--- fils d'Untel], [---]as fils de Kallimakhos, [un tel fils de ---]eidès. Les récoltes [ont été estimées]. Premier semestre : [froment], le médimne, 15 drachmes ; orge, [tant]; [doliques, tant; fèves?] 15 (ou 16) drachmes ; pois [chiches, tant; autres légumes, tant; cumin, tant; amandes à coque ] tendre, le médimne, [tant]; [---], 24; à coque dure, [tant]; foin cultivé, la charretée, 65 ; sauvage, [tant] ; paille, le filet, 20 ; [ail], le talent, 20 ; oignons, [tant] ; vin, le smireus, [tant] ; huile, 33 ; olives, [le médimne, tant]. Deuxième semestre : [froment], 14 drachmes ; orge, 7; doliques, [tant] ; [---]; [tel produit], 14 ; pois chiches, [tant] ; [autres légumes, tant; cum]in, 32 ;[---].

English translation

Gods. Priest Poly[---]. Etant démiurges Ka[--- son of So-and-sol], [---]as son of Kallimachos, [So-and so son of ---]eides. The crops [were estimated]. First semester : [wheat], per medimnos, 15 drachmas ; barley, [so much]; [cow peas, so much; beans?] 15 (ou 16) ; chick[peas, so much; other pulse, so much; cumin, so much; almands with] soft shells, per medimnos, [so much]; [---], 24; with hard shells, [so much]; cultivated hay, per cartload, 65 ; wild, [so much] ; straw, per net, 20 ; [garlic], per talent, 20 ; onions, [so much] ; wine, per smireus, [so much] ; oil, 33 ; olives, [per medimnos, so much]. Secon semester : [wheat], 14 drachmes ; barley, 7; cow peas, [so much] ; [---]; [such product], 14 ; chickpeas, [so much] ; [other pulse, so much; cum]in, 32 ;[---].

Italian translation

Dèi. Sacerdote Poly[---]. Essendo damiurghi Ka[--- figlio del tale], [---]as figlio di Kallimachos, [il tale figlio di ---]eides. I raccolti [sono stati valutati]. Primo semestre: [frumento], per medimno, 15 dracme; orzo, [tanto]; [fagioli con l'occhio, tanto; fave?] 15 (o 16) ; ce[ci tanto; altri legumi, tanto; cumino, tanto; mandorle a guscio ] tenero, per medimno, [tanto]; [---], 24; a guscio duro, [tanto]; fieno coltivato, per carro, 65 ; selvatico, [tanto] ; paglia, per rete, 20 ; [aglio], per talento, 20 ; cipolle, [tanto] ; vino, per smireus, [tanto] ; olio, 33 ; olive, [per medimno, tanto]. Secondo semestre : [frumento], 14 dracme ; orzo, 7; , fagioli con l'occhio, [tanto] ; [---]; [tale prodotto], 14 ; ceci, [tanto] ; [autres légumes, tant; cum]in, 32 ;[---]..

Arabic translation

الآلهة. في فترة الكاهن بولي [---] وكل من الداميرجوي كا ---] بن فلان و[---] كابن لكاليماخوس ]فلان بن فلان و فلان[--- بن إيديس، المحاصيل] قدرت كالتالي[ . الفصل الأول: ] القمح[، لكل ميديمنوس، 15 دراخما؛ الشعير، [قيمة ما]. [فاصوليا منقطه، قيمة ما؛ فول؟[ (15 أو16 ) ؛ ] حمص قيمة ما؛ بقوليات أخرى، قيمة ما؛ كمون، قيمة ما؛ لوز ذو القشور الهشة ، لكل ميديمنوس، قيمة ما؛ [---] 24؛ ذو القشورالصلبة،] قيمة ما[؛ التبن المزروع، لحمولة العربة، 65 دراخما؛ ، التبن (الناتج عن درس الحبوب)، للشبكة الواحدة، 20 دراخما ؛ الثوم، للتالنت الواحد،20 ؛ [ البصل، ،] قيمة ما[؛ النبيذ، لكل سميريوس،] قيمة ما[؛. الزيت، 33 ؛ الزيتون ] للميديمنوس، قيمة ما[. الفصل الثاني]: القمح[ 14 دراخما؛ الشعير، 7؛ الزيت، فاصوليا منقطه، ] قيمة ما [؛]منتج غير معلوم[، 14 دراخما. الحمص،] قيمة ما[؛ ]بقوليات أخرى ،] قيمة ما[؛ كمون، 32 دراخم؛. [---]

Commentary

Direct observation of both stones allowed C. Dobias-Lalou to bring together for IGCyr both fragments, published separately, the more so that fragment b) was edited only from Oliverio's transcription by Pugliese Carratelli, who did not find the stone. Although the fragments have no line in common, it was clear that fragment a) is part of the beginning, whereas fragment b) should be placed lower. Rosamilia 2023 very cleverly offered a joint, with only one whole line (here line 8) lost between both fragments. The present text is thus more comprehensive than the one provided in IGCyr. It differs slightly from Rosamilia's readings, following new checks on the squeezes by C. Dobias-Lalou.

This account had the division into two semesters, which were not inscribed in columns, contra Oliverio and SEG. The same occurs at IGCyr013400², IGCyr013700², IGCyr014100², IGCyr063900².

An abbreviation for 'drachma', already known in other places, appears in Cyrenaica only on this account (reading checked on the squeezes). It consists of a ligature of its first two letters. This is one further difference with IGCyr014100², which Rosamilia, for various reasons, dates approximately to the same date. Both items would belong to a period of transition.

The name of the eponymous priest of this account is largely lost. Rosamilia 2018 suggested once that he might be (i.e. Pol)ydoros son of Polianthes, a priest mentioned in IGCyr096700². This would have been chronologically acceptable. However, Rosamilia 2023 is eventually reluctant because of the dimensions of the lacuna.

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Images

Fig. 1. Squeeze of igcyr013800, fragment a. Account of the damiergoi

Fig. 2. Squeeze of igcyr013800, fragment b. Account of the damiergoi

Fig. 3. Face, fgt b, of igcyr013800 Account of the damiergoi

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