Honorary inscription for Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 144 and 116 BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] XVI.11, whence [...], 117a (photo); [...] 1574; [...], pp. 123-124; [...], pp. 105-107, whence [...], 31.1574; [...], 1982.491; [...], pp. 327-330; [...] 097400. Cf. [...], pp. 33-36; [...], pp. 431-433, whence [...], 38.1671.

Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον μέγαν θεὸν Εὐεργέτην, θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν, διάδοχοι σωματοφύλακες σὺν μακρῶι συβίνηι, ὑπασπισταί, ἐπίλεκτοι καὶ πλείονες εὐνοίας ἕνεκεν καὶ εὐεργεσίας τῆς εἰς ἑαυτούς

Βασιλέα[^a1] θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν[^a2] συν μακρῶι[^a3] εὐνοίας ἕνεκεν[^a4]

[^a1: Βασιλέα | Ἀπόλλωνι· Βασιλέα | [...]Βασιλέα]

[^a2: θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν | τὸν ἐκ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν | τὸν ἐγ θεῶν Ἐπιφανῶν | τῶν Ἐπιφανῶν]

[^a3: συν μακρῶι | [...]ἀργυρῶι | οἱ σὺν νικηφόρωι | ἀργυρῶι | σιδηρῶι]

[^a4: εὐνοίας ἕνεκεν | [...] ἕνεκεν | ἄλλοι, ἀρετῆς ἕνεκεν | [...] ἕνεκεν | εὐνοίας ἕνεκεν]

La statue du roi Ptolémée, grand Dieu, Evergète, fils des Dieux Epiphanes, a été consacrée, par les gardes du corps aspirants avec le long épieu, les hypaspistes écuyers, les soldats d'élite et bien d'autres en raison de sa bienveillance et de sa générosité envers eux.

The statue of king Ptolemy, great God, Euergetes, son of the Gods Epiphaneis, was dedicated by the body-guards cadets with the long spear, the hypaspistes esquires, the choosen soldiers and many others on behalf of his goodwill and generosity towards them.

La statua del re Tolemeo, Grande Dio Evergete, figlio degli Dèi Epifani, è stata dedicata dai cadetti delle guardie del corpo con la lunga lancia, dagli hypaspistes scudieri, dai soldati scelti e da molti altri per la benevolenza e generosità nei loro confronti.

(تمثال) الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس)، المُؤله المُعظم، إفيريغيتس، ابن المؤلَّهان إبيفانيس، (كُرِس) من قبل نائب الحُراس الشخصيين [مع الطويل؟] الرمح، وحملة الدروع (المحترمين)، والجنود المختارين وآخرون كُثر لخيره وكرمه عليهم.

For the whereabouts of the stone, see commentary at IGCyr097500.

This dedication of a statue of king Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II by diginitaries has been commented and restored without exact consideration of the dimensions of the gap at the beginning of the lines. The missing part may be estimated from the opposite side. Pugliese Carratelli at [...] was right in restoring 4 to 6 letters, whereas Piejko's restorations ([...]) are too long.

Especially at line 3, Piejko's proposal was sceptically received by the Roberts at [...] 1982.491 who did not understand the supposed meaning; furthermore, Piejko's argument that συβίνη is a feminine is not fully convincing, as a masculine συβίνης did also exist.

At line 4, εὐνοίας does not deserve Piejko's scepticism, see for example IGCyr063000.

[...] has shown that Ptolemy bore the title Euergetes already when king of Cyrene, i.e. from 164 on.