Dedication of a horoskopion by the ephoroi
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Ca. 150 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], pp. 108-111, n. 3, pl. XII, 3, whence [...], 18.739; [...], p. 171, n. 23; [...], whence Tybout in [...], 60.1827; [...] 063800; [...], p. 106 (prosopography), p. 360, number 84 (text). Cf. [...], whence [...], 50.1629.

Ἔφοροι οἱ ἐπὶ [...] Φιλοξην[...] [...] Τελεσικράτης [...] Δαμάνθης [...] Φιλόξηνος [...] Σῶσις Πο[...] Φιλύτας [...] Ἁγησίστρατος [...] τὸ ὡροσκόπιον ἀνέθηκαν.

ἐπὶ [...][^a1]

[^a1: ἐπὶ [...] | ἐφ' ἱαρεῦς [...] | ἐφ' ἱαρεῦς | ἐφ' ἱαρεῦς τῶ Ἀπόλλωνος | ἐφ' ἱαρεῦς[...]]

Φιλόξηνος [...][^a2]

[^a2: Φιλόξηνος [...] | Φιλοξήνω [...]]

Les éphores sous [...] Philoxènos [...], Télésikratès fils d'Untel, Damanthès fils d'Untel, Philoxènos fils d'Untel, Sôsis fils de Po[...], Philytas fils d'un tel, Hagèsistratos fils d'un tel, ont consacré le cadran solaire.

The ephori under [...] Philoxenos [...], Telesikrates son of So-and-so, Damanthes son of So-and-so, Philoxenos son of So-and-so, Sosis son of Po[...], Philytas son of So-and-so, Hagesistratos son of So-and-so, dedicated the sun-dial.

Gli efori sotto [...] Philoxenos [...], Telesikrates figlio del tale, Damanthes figlio del tale, Philoxenos figlio del tale, Sosis figlio di Po[...], Philytas figlio del tale, Hagesistratos figlio del tale, dedicarono la meridiana.

الإيفوري تحت [---] فيلوكسنوس [---] وتيليسيكراتيس [بن فلان [ ودامنثيس] بن فلان [ وفيلوكسينوس [بن فلان] وسوسيس بن بو[---] وفيليتاس [بن فلان] وأغيسيستراتوس [بن فلان]، [أهدوا] الْمِزْوَلَة.

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.

Given the lacunae, it is impossible to decide definitely what was the layout of ll. 1 and 2, hence to determine the exact formula in use in the head of the dedication. Four restorations are possible, which might be translated as follows: 1) The ephori under the priest Philoxenos son of So-and-so (followed by a list of 6 ephori: Gasperini's and Rosamilia's opinion); 2) The ephori under the priest of Apollo Philoxenos son of So-and-so (also with 6 ephori: Chevrollier's alternative suggestion); 3) The ephori under priest So-and-so, namely Philoxenos son of So-and-so (hence 7 ephori: Fraser's opinion); 4) The ephori under So-and-so, namely Philoxenos So-and-so (also with 7 ephori, a variant that would leave more space for the name of the priest). Whatever the solution, there were more ephori at the time than the five planned in Ptolemy's diagramma in 320 BC (IGCyr010800, line 33). Rosamilia has a further argument for six ephori: their number would correspond to that of the tribes.

There have been also some discrepancies about the date of this inscription. We stick here to the middle of the second century BC at the earliest, on behalf of the lettering, contra [...], who prefers about 200 BC, with prosopographic implications about Hagesitratos mentioned at line 8. The first editor, [...], preferred about 125 BC.

According to Ottone and Chevrollier, the dedication of a sun-dial might imply that the ephori practiced astroscopy, a fact that is strongly denied by Tybout in [...] 60.