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Inscriptions of Greek Cyrenaica | Greek Verse Inscriptions of Cyrenaica

Tithe

EpiDoc XML: IGCyr0062002
Trismegistos ID: 738168

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: Seems to be lost.

Text constituted from: Transcription from editor (HB).

Bibliography

Oliverio , VIII (no image), whence SECir, 152b; IGCyr 006200 . Cf. Maffre 2007, p. 171, n. 21.

Text

Interpretive

δεκάταν

Diplomatic

ΔΕΚΑΤΑΝ

French translation

(scil. Un tel a consacré ce vase) au titre de la dîme.

English translation

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

Italian translation

(scil. Il tale ha dedicato questo) come decima.

Arabic translation

فلان وفلان أهدوا هذه كعشر لأبولو

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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