Honorary inscription for king Ptolemy IX Soter II
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: 108 or 107 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], p. 71, n. 9 (ph.), whence [...], 9.62; [...] 015900. Cf. [...]; [...], n. 0372; [...], pp. 186-188; [...]; [...], pp. 445-446 and 462, whence [...], 38.1899; [...], pp. 147, 157, whence [...], 59.1958; [...], p. 137 footnote 22.

Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον θεὸν Σωτῆρα, τὸν ἐγ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου θεοῦ Εὐεργέτου, Στόλος Θέωνος τῶν πρώτων φίλων ὁ ἀρχεδέατρος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἡνιῶν εὐεργεσίας ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτόν.

Statue du roi Ptolémée, Dieu Sôtèr, fils du roi Ptolémée Dieu Evergète, érigée, par Stolos, fils de Théôn, des Premiers Amis, arkhédéatros intendant en chef et préposé aux rênes, en raison des bienfaits qu'il lui a prodigués.

Statue of king Ptolemy, God Soter, son of king Ptolemy God Euergetes, erected by Stolos, son of Theon, of the First Friends, archedeatros chief steward and in charge of the reins, on behalf of the benefactions provided to himself.

Statua del re Tolemeo, Dio Sotere, figlio del re Tolemeo Dio Evergete, eretta da Stolos, figlio di Theon, dei Primi Amici, archedeatros capo maggiordomo e preposto alle briglie, in considerazione dei benefici a lui concessi.

(تمثال) الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس)، المُؤلَّه المُنْقِذ، ابن الملك بتوليميوس المُؤلَّه إفيريغيتس، (نُصِبَ) من قبل ستولوس بن ثيون، من الاصدقاء الأوائل (أحد أعضاء هذه المجموعة)، أرخيدياتروس (كبير الخدم أو مدير الأعمال) والمسؤول عن زمام الأمور، مقابل العطايا المقدمة إليه.

This inscription and IGCyr063000, both in very good condition, have allowed to restore another dedication by Stolos erected in the port of Cyrene (IGCyr102500).

On Stolos, the Athenian admiral, see [...], who proposes for the Cyrenaean dedications a date between 108 and 103 BC; [...], who explores the possibility that he was a born-Cyrenaean granted Athenian citizenship. On behalf of his aulic title and offices [...], p. 187, considers this inscription as dating from 108 BC, somewhat later in the year than IGCyr063000, where he is not yet 'in charge of the reins'.

About the re-use of the stone as a sort of damnatio memoriae, see [...]. The fact that the base honoring Cleopatra III was cancelled and re-used also confirms a date after the break-up between mother and son (so [...].