Dedication on occasion of the telesphoria of Artemis
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Third century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...]νις Ιγισαντος [...] [...] Ἀρταμίτια τελεσφορέων ἀνέθηκε

[...]νις[^a1] τελεσφορέων ἀνέθηκε[^a2]

[^a1: [...]νις | [...]ις]

[^a2: τελεσφορέων ἀνέθηκε | τελεσφορέντες ἀνέθηκαν/]

[...]nis fils d'Igisan a consacré la statue de Untel fils d'Untel à l'occasion de la telesphoria des Artamitia.

[...]nis son of Igisan dedicated the statue of So-and-so son of So-and-so while celebrating the telesphoria of the Artamitia.

[...]nis figlio di Igisan ha dedicato la statua del tale figlio del tale in occasione della telesphoria degli Artamitia.

At line 1, the missing part at right might have the name at the nominative of a second dedicant without mention of the object of the dedication. Line 2 was restored by Pugliese Carratelli in this hypothesis, thus a participle and a verb at the plural. Alternatively, the lost name at line 1 would be an accusative relating to the man whose statue was dedicated and the restored part at line 2 should have the singular of the verbs. [...] prefers the latter restoration, which is the scheme of IGCyr016500. However, in this inscription, as on most honorific inscriptions the name of the honoured person usually precedes the name of the dedicant. Besides, we might help to get a clue from the placement of attachment holes on the upper side. Unfortunately, the small holes now perceivable and the very queer profile of that side cannot, in C. Dobias-Lalou's view, be taken with confidence as vestiges of the attachment of a statue and might be related with a re-use of the block in some hydraulic fitting.

Several names ending with -νις are attested in Cyrenaica, amongst which Κάρνις is a tantalizing guess. However, as line 2 begins with a blank it is impossible to infer from it the exact number of missing letters in the name and other possibilities exist with four, three or two letters lost. We cautiously prefer to let it undecided.