Support: Upper right angle of a white marble panel with moulding on top and prominent margins all around (w: 0.34 × h: 0.21 × d: 0.05).

Layout: Inscribed: l. 1 on upper margin; l. 2 ff. in sunk field (w: 0.265 × h: 0.165 × d: 0.042).

Letters: L.1 0.01-0.013; l. 2 ff. 0.008-0.01; very carefully cut.

Date: 290-270 BC (lettering, prosopography).

Findspot: Found in 1937 at Cyrene ➚: in the Sanctuary of Apollo (see commentary).

Place of origin: Findspot.

Last recorded location: Cyrene Museum, 8. Seen by C. Dobias-Lalou in 2010 in Shahat: Cyrene Museum.

Text constituted from: Transcription from stone (CDL).

Apparatus

French translation

Dieux. Etant démiurges Anaxis fils d'Arkhetos, Damôn fils de [---], Karnèiadas fils de Philôn, étant prêtre d'Apollon Magas fils de Philippos, les récoltes ont été estimées. Premier semestre: froment, la mesure, 9 drachmes; orge, la mesure, [tant]; pois, la mesure, 6 drachmes; autres légumineuses, la mesure, [tant; foin cultivé, la mesure ], 32 drachmes; sauvage, la mesure, 20 drachmes; paille, [le filet, tant, vin?], le smireus, 40 drachmes; raisin sec, la mesure, [tant]; ail, le talent, [tant]; [---]; cumin, [la mesure, tant; raisin hâtif sous ] garantie, la mesure, [tant; noir, la mesure, tant; hâtif hors] garantie, [la mesure, tant; noir, la mesure, tant]; [---].

English translation

Gods. Being damiergoi Anaxis son of Archetos, Damon son of [---], Karneiadas son of Philon, being priest of Apollo Magas son of Philippos, the crops were estimated. First semester: wheat, per unit, 9 drachmas; barley, per unit, [so much]; peas, per unit, 6 drachmas; other pulse, per unit, [so much; cultivated hay, per unit], 32 drachmas; wild, per unit, 20 drachmas; straw, [per net, so much, wine?], per smireus, 40 drachmas; raisin, per unit, [so much]; garlic, per talent, [so much]; [---]; cumin, [per unit, so much; grapes: early, under ] guarantee, per unit, [so much; black, per unit, so much; early without] guarantee, [ per unit, so much; black, per unit, so much]; [---].

Italian translation

Dèi. Essendo damiurghi Anaxis figlio di Archetos, Damon figlio di [---], Karneiadas figlio di Philon, essendo sacerdote di Apollo Magas figlio di Philippos, il raccolto è stato valutato. Primo semestre: frumento, a 9 dracme; orzo, a [tanto]; piselli, a 6 dracme; altri legumi, [a tanto; fieno coltivato, a] 32 dracme; selvatico, a 20 dracme; paglia, [la rete, a tanto, vino?], a smireus, 40 dracme; uva passa, a [tanto]; aglio, per talento, [a tanto]; [---]; cumino, [a tanto; uva primaticcia] garantita, [a tanto; nera, a tanto; primaticcia non] garantita, [a tanto; nera, a tanto]; [---].

Arabic translation

الآلهة. فترة كل من الداميرجوي أناكس بن أرخيتوس ودامون بن [..؟ ..] وكارنيداس بن فيلون وكاهن أبوللو ماجاس بن فيليبوس، قدرت المحاصيل كالتالي: الفصل الأول: القمح، للمقدار الواحد 9 دراخما؛ الشعير، للمقدار الواحد، [قيمة ما]؛ البازلاء للمقدار الواحد 6 دراخما؛ بقوليات أخرى، للمقدار الواحد[قيمة ما؛التبن المزروع، للمقدار الواحد] 32 دراخما؛ التبن المزروع، للمقدار الواحد 20 دراخما؛ القش (الناتج عن درس الحبوب)، [قيمة ما للشبكة الواحدة]؛ [النبيذ؟]، لكل سميريوس 40 دراخما؛ الزبيب، للمقدار الواحد، [قيمة ما]؛ الثوم، للتالنت الواحد، [قيمة ما]؛ [..؟ ..]؛ الكمون، [قيمة ما للمقدار الواحد؛العنب، المبكر مباع] بعقد مسبق للمقدار الواحد [قيمة ما؛الأسود، للمقدار الواحد، قيمة ما؛ المبكر غير مباع [ بعقد مسبق] للمقدار الواحد، قيمة ما؛ الأسود، للمقدار الواحد، قيمة ما] ؛[..؟ ..].

Commentary

This account seems to be the most ancient one that is divided into semesters, but not inscribed in columns. The only other sure instances for such a layout are IGCyr013700², IGCyr013800² and IGCyr014100², which all show a somewhat later lettering. The fragment was published as coming from Apollo's sanctuary. However, this provenance is dubious, as all other accounts of damiergoi were found on the agora.

At l. 6, as Fraser put it, the word preceding πισσαί might be an adjective relating to it, such as μαλακαί or σκληραί, but its place would be abnormal and there is no parallel in other accounts. Rosamilia 2023 has a more tantalzing hypothesis, as he groups together peas with chickpeas, two newcomers in the accounts of that period. One argument is that Ι is rare as a numeral glyph to be associated with a preceding lost product. However, as it happens that annual totals end with this small currency, there is no reason to exclude it wholly from detailed prices. As we have no instance of grouped products, we prefer to let the question open.

At l. 8, Fraser restored 'wine', as he identified the rare word σμιρεύς, hitherto known only from Hesychius, who mentions it as a unit of measure for wine. Since then, the same unit has been identified by Dobias-Lalou in other accounts for wine and also for oil. So we cannot be quite sure that the missing product here was wine (see Dobias-Lalou 2020).

For the local variation in the name of 'garlic' (line 7), see Dobias-Lalou 2000, p. 37 and 201.

Magas, being mentioned as priest, gives a precise lapse of time for the date.

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Deed Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

All citation, reuse or distribution of this work must contain a link back to DOI: https://doi.org/10.60760/unibo/igcyrgvcyr2 and the filename (IGCyr000000 or GVCyr000), as well as the year of consultation.

Images

Fig. 1. Face of igcyr063900 Account of the damiergoi

Fig. 2. Face of igcyr063900 Account of the damiergoi

Maps