Support: White marble rectangular base much worn out on all sides (w: 0.39 × h: 0.23 × d: 0.28); Five holes for attachment are preserved on the upper side.

Layout: Inscribed on the face, each line aligned along the left edge.

Letters: 0.0022-0.0025 at l. 3, smaller omicron between pi and rho.

Date: Between 360 and 350 BC (prosopography).

Findspot: Found before 1925 at Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo, amongst the filling material of hypocausts in the Trajanic Baths.

Place of origin: Cyrene ➚: Sanctuary of Apollo.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 379. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

Sous (scil. la prêtrise de) Mélanippos, avec les revenus des chiots et des oiseaux.

English translation

Being (scil. priest) Melanippos, thanks to the revenues from puppies and birds.

Italian translation

Sotto (scil. il sacerdozio di) Melanippos, grazie ai proventi dei cuccioli di cane e degli uccelli.

Arabic translation

فترة (الكاهن) ميلانيبوس، شكر لأجل العائدات الناتجة عن بيع الجراء والطيور.

Commentary

The eponymous priest might be the priest, son of Aristandros, known from IGCyr012400² (see Laronde 1987 and also Rosamilia 2023, p. 100).

For the meaning of this dedication, see the commentary at IGCyr020900².

The inscription only tells the origin of the expense made for the monument (for the use of the preposition, see Dobias-Lalou 2000, p. 166). The holes on the upper side attest to the metal object that was dedicated.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr020800 Dedication

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