Tithe
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Perhaps end of fourth or beginning of third century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Not published before [...] 123600; [...], p. 100 and p. 170, footnote 9.

Ἰάσων Φιλλοθάλευς δεκάταν ἀνέθηκε

Φιλοθάλευς[^a1] ἀνέθηκε[^a2]

[^a1: Φιλοθάλευς | Φι[...]]

[^a2: ἀνέθηκε | [...]]

Iasôn fils de Philothalès a consacré au titre de la dîme.

Iason son of Philothales dedicated as a tithe.

Iason figlio di Philothales ha dedicato come decima.

Iason is a very common name at Cyrene. Names beginning with Phi- are many. So it may seem hazardous to restore the missing parts of this dedication. At line 2, we should wait either the verb of dedication ἀνέθηκε or the name of the god Ἀπόλλωνι. Both words together would be certainly too long for the presumable loss. They are respectively 7 and 8 letters long. The first letter of line 2 is not aligned with that of line 1, while line 1 has one more letter preserved than line 2. Therefore it would be a tempting guess to restore the father's name Φιλοθάλευς, with 8 letters missing: A Philothales son of Iason is known as priest of Apollo about 335 BC (see IGCyr011400, IGCyr094800, IGCyr110000) and this man would be his son.

[...], who saw the stone and found traces of the lambda, confirms this restoration.