Honorary inscription for king Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 145 and 116 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], pp. 69-70, n. 6, whence [...], 9.52; [...] 015300. Cf. [...], p. 453, footnote 228; [...], pp. 431-433, whence [...], 38.1671; [...], pp. 145, 156, whence [...], 59.1958.

Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον θεὸν Εὐεργέτην τὸν ἐκ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας, θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν,[^a1]

[^a1: om. | om.]

Statue du roi Ptolémée, dieu Evergète, fils du roi Ptolémée et de la reine Cléopatre, Dieux Epiphanes, consacrée par noms martelés.

Statue of king Ptolemy, god Euergetes, son of king Ptolemy and queen Cleopatra, Gods Epiphaneis, dedicated by erased names.

Statua del re Tolemeo, dio Evergete, figlio del re Tolemeo e della regina Cleopatra, Dèi Epifani, dedicata da nomi martellati.

(تمثال) الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس)، المُؤلَّه إفيريغيتس، ابن الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس) والملكة كليوباترا، المؤلّهان إبيفانيس، (أُهدي من قبل) [أسماء ممحوه].

E. Lanciers has argued that a date as early as 163 is also possible because of the epithet Euergetes, which he shows to have been chosen in 164/3.

The traditional view is that when king of Cyrene, i.e. from 163 to 145, Ptolemy was mentioned in Cyrene without epithet, whence the date 145/116 traditionally assigned to this and four other Cyrenaean inscriptions (so [...], p. 453, footnote 228).

In the latter view, the erased lines contained the name and title of the dedicants and possibly the reason of the dedication.

If Lanciers is right, the erasure might have cancelled the name of one of both associate kings during the troubled period ending with Ptolemy's will (163-155; cf. IGCyr011200).