Dedication
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Probably end of fourth or beginning of third century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 122 (no image); [...], p. 155 (no image); [...] 097700.

Cf. [...], p. 112, footnote 73.

Ἁγεμόνα Φιλοθάλευς ἱαριτεύοισα ἀνέθηκε.

Hagémona fille de Philothalès, étant prêtresse a consacré ce monument.

Hagemona daughter of Philothales, while being priestess dedicated this monument.

Hagemona figlia di Philothales, quando era sacerdotessa ha dedicato questo monumento.

The inscription was published without illustration by Pugliese Carratelli at [...]. At [...], p. 155 Reynolds said that she had not seen the inscription. When C. Dobias-Lalou saw the stone in 1985 no photograph could be made and she was not able to find again the inscription on later visits, probably by lack of convenient light. In fact, it was hidden into the earth and S. Struffolino found it again in 2022 after digging a little. His photographs allowed a reconsideration of the lettering, which is earlier than the second century suggested in [...]. Therefore, [...]'s intuition that Hagemona might have been the daughter of the eponymous priest Philothales known from IGCyr094800 and the sister of Theuchrestos known from IGCyr084900 seems now very plausible.

The main priestess at Cyrene is that of Artemis. She held a yearly office like the eponymous priest of Apollo, as attested by mentions of women συνιαριτεύοισα 'being priestess at the same time as' a priest. It is thus highly plausible that Hagemona, here simply said 'priestess' was that of Artemis. Like many stones, this one was re-used in the East Church and plausibly moved from the sanctuary of Apollo.