Support: Small fragment of a white marble block, broken off everywhere but at bottom (w: 0.075 × h: 0.20 × d: 0.16).

Layout: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: L. 1 0.045; l. 2 0.03 with small serifs; no typical shape.

Date: Perhaps third or first half of second century BC (lettering).

Findspot: Found before 1977 at Cyrene ➚: exact findspot unrecorded; plausibly from the Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 559. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 1977 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

French translation

[---]kh[---] (scil. a consacré ce monument) au titre de la dîme.

English translation

[---]ch[---] (scil. dedicated this monument) as a tithe.

Italian translation

[---]ch[---] (scil. ha dedicato questo monumento) come decima.

Commentary

The small vestige of line 2 is sufficient to show that we have here a tithe. The larger xhi of line 1, as it cannot belong to the name of Apollo, is certainly part of the dedicant's mention, namely of his father's name, whereas his own name, wholly lost, would have stood at the preceding line.

At line 2, given the smaller lettering, another word should have stood after δεκάτα, either the verb 'dedicated' or the name of Apollo.

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Fig. 1. Face of igcyr130700 Tithe

Fig. 2. Squeeze of igcyr130700 Tithe

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