Perhaps honorary decree, fragmentary
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Probably last quarter of second or first quarter of first century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] [...][...][...] [...]αστω ν[...] [...]εντα[...] [...] ἔργα [...] [...]αξεν[...] [...]σσοντ[...] [...] δέδοχθαι τοῖς γέροισι καὶ τᾶι βωλᾶι [...] [...] ψάφισμα[...] [...]ννικηι[...] [...] ἀναγραψάντων [...] [...] χρήματα δόντων [...] [...]αι[...] [...]

[...] ses actes [...] plaise aux gerontes et au conseil [...] décret [...] inscrivent [...] fournissent l'argent [...]

[...] his deeds [...] it was decided by the gerontes and the council [...] decree [...] inscribe [...] provide the money [...]

[...] i suoi atti [...] decidano i gerontes e il consiglio [...] decreto [...] iscrivano [...] forniscano il denaro [...]

In spite of its very lacunar condition, this inscription is clearly part of a public decree: the word itself is preserved at line 8 and it is possible to restore at line 7 the local formulation of decisions, better preserved at Taucheira in IGCyr066900, ll. 62-63. The verb 'to inscribe' is therefore a plausible restoration at line 10, whereas at line 11 the mention of 'money' might be compared with the provisions attested in the same decree, where the ephors were in charge of erecting the statue and the base while the treasurers would provide the necessary money. However, it seems hazardous to complete so long a lacuna. In the preceding part of the text, the good deeds of the honoured person were reminded. The few letters at line 3 seem to belong to a personal name in -μναστος; however, other restitutions are possible.

The language is the local dialect, as shown by ψάφισμα. Consequently, at line 9 the preserved segment cannot belong to the Attic word for 'victory'. It might perhaps belong to the verb 'to be victorious' in the subjunctive, but the context is too unclear to allow any conclusion. Therefore we did not translate that line.

Very few decrees of the city of Cyrene are known to us. This one, dated from the lettering, seems to belong to the end of the Hellenistic period. We have a handful of them in the Roman period.