Support: Upper left angle of a white marble panel (w: 0.06 × h: 0.085 × d: 0.03).

Layout: Inscribed on the face, of which only height (0.055) is preserved; the letters of line 1 are largely spaced, in order to fill the whole width with a short word.

Letters: 0.007; slight serifs; flattened delta, kappa with oblique bars not detached near the hasta, rho with large loop.

Date: Between 220 and 180 BC (Rosamilia) (lettering, internal context).

Findspot: Found before 1933 at Cyrene ➚: agora.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 493. Seen in 1977 by C. Dobias-Lalou in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Dieux. Prêtre [--- fils de ---], étant démiurges Kl[--- fils de ---], Phil[--- fils de ---], [--- fils de ---].

English translation

Gods. Priest [--- son of ---], being damiergoi Kl[--- son of---], Phil[--- son of ---], [--- son of ---].

Italian translation

Dèi. Sacerdote [--- figlio di ---], essendo damiurghi Kl[--- figlio di ---], Phil[--- figlio di ---], [--- figlio di ---].

Arabic translation

الآلهة. الكاهن [--- بن ---]، والداميرجوي كل [--- بن ---] وف [--- بن ---] و[--- بن ---].

Commentary

This account is the only one where the word 'priest' has the form of koine instead of the usual dialectal form. Combined with the lettering, it shows that the inscription is rather late amongst the whole bulk of such accounts. However, after E. Rosamilia (Rosamilia 2016) had shown that the change from silver standard to bronze standard took place in Cyrenaica about 220 BC, he was also able (Rosamilia 2017) to define some groups amongst the accounts previously placed in the second century BC. For this one only the lettering helped him to place it together with IGCyr014200², IGCyr014300² and IGCyr014600², for which the date should be before 180 BC.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr014000 Account of the damiergoi

Fig. 2. Squeeze of igcyr014000 Account of the damiergoi

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