Support: Grey marble block broken on back, with two foot-holes on top (w: 0.0715 × h: 0.35 × d: 0.42-); another block is missing on the left.

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.027.

Date: Third century BC

Findspot: Found at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, SE of Temple of Apollo, near the Fountain of Philothales.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1983 in situ, in the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

(scil. La statue d')[un tel fils d'un tel] a été consacrée par Athanodôros fils d'Asménos, tandis qu'il accomplissait la [telesph]oria [des Karneia?].

English translation

(scil. The statue of) [so-and-so, son of so-and-so] was dedicated by Athanodoros son of Asmenos, while celebrating the [telesph]oria [of Karneia?].

Italian translation

(scil. La statua del)[tale, figlio del tale] è stata dedicata da Athanodoros figlio di Asmenos, mentre celebrava la [telesph]oria [delle Karneia?].

Arabic translation

كُرِس (تمثال) [فلان بن فلان] َ من قبل أثانودوروس بن أسمينوس عند الاحتفال بالتيليسفوريا الكارنيا

Commentary

With participle τελεσφορέων we have usually Καρνῆια and sometimes also δεκάταν (see IGCyr016400²). There is room for that on a block missing to the left, which had at l. 1 the name of the honoree.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr016500 Dedication for telesphoria

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