Support: White marble base, formerly used for IGCyr015800² (w: 0.76 × h: 0.25 × d: 0.92).

Layout: Inscribed on the right side of IGCyr015800².

Letters: 0.022.

Date: 108 or 107 BC (reign).

Findspot: Found in 1916 at Cyrene ➚: on the agora.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 606. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1993 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

(scil. Statue) du roi Ptolémée, Dieu Sôtèr, fils du roi Ptolémée Dieu Evergète, (scil. érigée), par Stolos, fils de Théôn, des Premiers Amis, arkhédéatros (i.e. intendant en chef) et préposé aux rênes, en raison des bienfaits qu'il lui a prodigués.

English translation

(scil. Statue) of king Ptolemy, God Soter, son of king Ptolemy God Euergetes, (scil. erected) by Stolos, son of Theon, of the First Friends, archedeatros (i.e. chief steward) and in charge of the reins, on behalf of the benefactions provided to himself.

Italian translation

(scil. Statua) del re Tolemeo, Dio Sotere, figlio del re Tolemeo Dio Evergete, (scil. eretta) da Stolos, figlio di Theon, dei Primi Amici, archedeatros (i.e. capo maggiordomo) e preposto alle briglie, in considerazione dei benefici a lui concessi.

Arabic translation

(تمثال) الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس)، المُؤلَّه المُنْقِذ، ابن الملك بتوليميوس المُؤلَّه إفيريغيتس، (نُصِبَ) من قبل ستولوس بن ثيون، من الاصدقاء الأوائل (أحد أعضاء هذه المجموعة)، أرخيدياتروس (كبير الخدم أو مدير الأعمال) والمسؤول عن زمام الأمور، مقابل العطايا المقدمة إليه.

Commentary

This inscription and IGCyr063000², both in very good condition, have allowed to restore another dedication by Stolos erected in the port of Cyrene (IGCyr102500²).

On Stolos, the Athenian admiral, see Bagnall 1972, who proposes for the Cyrenaean dedications a date between 108 and 103 BC; Hauben 1977, who explores the possibility that he was a born-Cyrenaean granted Athenian citizenship. On behalf of his aulic title and offices Mooren 1977, p. 187, considers this inscription as dating from 108 BC, somewhat later in the year than IGCyr063000², where he is not yet 'in charge of the reins'.

About the re-use of the stone as a sort of damnatio memoriae, see Savalli-Lestrade 2009. The fact that the base honoring Cleopatra III was cancelled and re-used also confirms a date after the break-up between mother and son (so Criscuolo 2011.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr015900 Honorary inscription for Ptolemy IX

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