Heading of an official document, possibly a letter
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 139 and 132 BC (Rosamilia, who prefers this date to 124-116 BCxs)
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 121 (photo); [...] 097600; [...], pp. 107-108 (date), pp. 240-243, number 4, document I (text).

Ἱαρεὺς Α[...] ὀγδόαι φθίνοντος [...] Ἐπιστολὰ [...] Ἀρατομενης [...] [...]

Ἐπιστολὰ[^a1] Ἀρατομενης[^a2]

[^a1: Ἐπιστολὰ | Επιφι | επ[...]]

[^a2: Ἀρατομενης | πρατομηνία]

Prêtre Untel fils d'un tel, le huitième jour du mois [...] déclinant.

Lettre [...].

Aratoménès [...].

Priest So-and-so son of So-and-so, the 8th of the waning month [...].

Letter [...].

Aratomenes [...].

Sacerdote il tale figlio d'il tale, l'ottavo giorno del mese [...] declinante.

Lettera [...].

Aratomenes [...].

On behalf of the type of marble and dimensions Dobias-Lalou had already suspected at [...] that this fragment might be the upper left part of the block bearing IGCyr062800, IGCyr062810, IGCyr062820, IGCyr062830, IGCyr062840, IGCyr062850; the letter-size and lettering seemed to match well the poor rests belonging to IGCyr062800 and would give the heading of the whole dossier. We now follow [...], who deserves credit for turning down the supposed threefold dating (in Cyreanean mode and in the two systems of the Lagid administration). He reads at line 4 the name of a well-known high-rank officer of Ptolemy VIII, Aratomenes son of Ptolemaios, from Alexandria, who might act here as στρατηγός responsible in Cyrenaica. His name would stay here as the first word of the letter in a formula such as 'Aratomenes to the Cyrenaeans', whereas line 3 would be the heading of the letter, such as 'Letter of Aratomenes the strategos'.

As this convincing reconstruction could not be checked on the stones, we choose to keep the number and place of this fragment in the collection.