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Tithe for Apollo

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0061002
Trismegistos ID: 738167

Source description

Support: Fragmentary vase not otherwise described, material unknown (dimensions unknown).

Layout: Graffito.

Letters: Height unknown.

Date: Fifth century BC (monument type).

Findspot: Found in 1927 at Cyrene: Sanctuary of Apollo.

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Probably lost.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor.

Bibliography

Oliverio , VIII (no image), whence SECir, 152a; IGCyr 006100 . Cf. Maffre 2007, p. 171, n. 20.

Text

Interpretive

δεκάταν τὀ[πόλōνι]

Diplomatic

ΔΕΚΑΤΑΝΤΟ[......]

French translation

(scil. Untel a consacré) comme dîme à Apollon.

English translation

(scil. So-and-so dedicated) as a tithe to Apollo.

Italian translation

(scil. Il tale ha dedicato) come decima ad Apollo.

Commentary

Published from a drawing in Oliverio's papers, without description nor illustration. The date is only conjectural.

The reference to 'Tacc(uino) VIII' indicates excavations of 1927.

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Cyrene general plan

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Cyrene sanctuary of Apollo

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