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Tithe to Apollo

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0047002
Trismegistos ID: 738153

Source description

Support: Fragmentary foot of cup, Attic black-glazed ware (w: 0.055- × h: 0.038- × d: 0.0045-0.012).

Layout: Scratched under foot.

Letters: 0.007-0.01; to be read from the centre.

Date: First half of the fifth century BC (monument type).

Findspot: Found before 1961 at Cyrene: probably Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Seen by L. Gasperini in 1961 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum. Not seen by IGCyr team.

Text constituted from: Transcription from previous editor (AB).

Bibliography

Gasperini 1995, p. 10, n. 6 (dr.) (= Gasperini – Arnaldi – Marengo 2008, pp. 329-330), whence SEG, 44.1541, 6; Maffre 2007 p. 173, n. 31; IGCyr 004700 .

Text

Interpretive

[---?] δεκά[τα---?]

Diplomatic

[---?]ΔΕΚΑ[..---?]

French translation

[---?] dîme [---?].

English translation

[---?] tithe [---?].

Italian translation

[---?] decima [---?].

Commentary

Besides the word for 'tithe' two formulas are possible, one with this word at the nominative with Apollo's name at the genitive, the other with 'tithe' at the accusative and Apollo's name at the dative. It is impossible to decide from such a tiny fragment.

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Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene sanctuary of Apollo

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