Public honours for an officer of Ptolemy III and Berenice II
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 240 and 220 BC
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[...], pp. 111-112, n. 4, pl. XII, 4, whence [...], 18.734; [...] II, p. 191, footnote 85; [...], p. 417, whence [...], 38.1882; [...] 063300. Cf. [...], and [...], 2005.620, whence [...], 53.2028; [...], pp. 93-96, whence [...], 67.1480; [...], pp. 281-282; [...], p. 355, number 78 (text).

Πέλοπα Πέλοπος τὸν λιβυάρχαν Κυραναῖοι ἀνέθηκαν ἀρετᾶς ἕνεκα καὶ εὐνοίας τᾶς ἐς βασιλῆ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ βασίλισσαν Βερενίκαν θεὸς Εὐεργέτας καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν.

τὸν λιβυάρχαν[^a1] καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν[^a2]

[^a1: τὸν λιβυάρχαν | Μακεδόνα]

[^a2: καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν | καὶ τὰ τέκνα καὶ τὰν ἑαυτῶν πόλιν]

La statue de Pélops fils de Pélops, le gouverneur de Libye a été consacrée par les Cyrénéens en raison de sa valeur et de son dévouement envers le roi Ptolémée et la reine Bérénice, Dieux Evergètes, ainsi que leurs enfants.

The statue of Pelops son of Pelops, the governor of Libya was dedicated by the Cyrenaeans on account of his valour and goodwilling towards king Ptolemy and queen Berenice, Gods Euergetai, as well as their chidren.

La statua di Pelops figlio di Pelops, il governatore della Libia è stata dedicata dai Cirenei in considerazione del suo valore e della sua dedizione verso il re Tolemeo e la regina Berenice, Dèi Evergeti, e dei loro figli.

أُهْدِيَّ (تمِثال) بيلوبس بن بيلوبس، [حاكم ليبيا؟] [من قبل الكيرينيين] لأفضاله [ونواياه الحسنة تجاه الملك] بتوليميوس (بطليموس) [والملكة بيرنيكي، المؤلهان] إفيرغيتيس ، وكذلك [ابنائِهم].

[...], published only fragment b, but was able to complete the name of Pelops, who was already known from different sources. However he later heard about the missing fragment a, as appears from the mentioned footnote in [...].

At l. 1, [...], after having considered the titles στραταγός or Λιβυάρχης, preferred e.g. Μακεδόνα. [...] reinforced Λιβυάρχας which fits better the space available and might also be restored in IGCyr063100 and IGCyr063200. [...] argue from the coins bearing the mention ΚΟΙΝΟΝ and from the long remanence of that sort of organization that the restoration is valuable in all three inscriptions.

The terminus ante quem is based on the fact that Pelops should have been governor of Cyrenaica before assuming the same duty at Cyprus from 217 to 209 BC; the terminus post quem, on the fact that the eldest son of the royal couple was born ca. 244 BC. Pelops was related throught marriage with another officer of high rank in Alexandria who played an important role at Cyrene, namely Eteoneus son of Eteoneus, as argued by [...], see IGCyr096700.

The inventory number shows that the stone was already part of the epigraphic collection at the time of the reorganization of the Cyrenaean antiquities after World War II care of Goodchild (from 1956 on) and before Fraser observed it. It may well have been found already during the last years of the Italian period.