Dedication to the Theoi Apotropaioi
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source date: Second half of second century BC
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[...], pp. 249-252, fig. 7 (p. 238), whence [...], 61.1554; [...] 114900 [...], pp. 386-387, number 116 (text). Cf. [...], pp. 190-191; [...], p. 235, whence [...], 63.1718; [...], p. 46; [...], p. 169.

Δαμόφιλος Δαμοφίλω Ἀπόλλωνι Διὶ Ἀθηνᾶι Ἀποτροπαίοις

Damophilos fils de Damophilos a consacré ce monument à Apollon, Zeus et Athèna, dieux Apotropaioi.

Damophilos son of Damophilos dedicated this monument to Apollo, Zeus and Athena, gods Apotropaioi.

Damophilos figlio di Damophilos ha dedicato questo monumento ad Apollo, Zeus e Atena, dèi Apotropaioi.

[...], after study of the stone, explains that the stonecutter probably intended at a first stage to have all three divine names on line 2, began to cut Zeus' name by its firs letter, a delta, then changed his mind, left a space and cut only Zeus name at the end of the line. He was thus able to centre Athena's name at line 3.

This dedication gives a decisive clue for IGCyr016700, ll. 4-7: the mentioned gates are the Southern ones and the Apotropaion is located along the road to Western Cyrenaica, in view of the gates.

The Doric genitive ending in -ω is preserved, but Athena is written in koine. At the presumed date of the inscription, this feature might be due to the influence of the koine rather than be a reflex of a non-Doric origin of the dedicant (pace [...], p. 46).

The worship of Apollo Apotropaios at Cyrene is documented in IGCyr016700, ll. 6-7 and IGCyr100200, ll. 3-4. No other mention of this epithet was hitherto known for the two other gods.