Sign with sacred regulation
created: Transcription from previous editor (CDL).
source date: Second half of third or first half of second century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], III.17, whence [...] and [...], 159 and [...], p. 220, n. 133, whence [...], 20.718; [...] 100300; [...], p. 276, number 21 (text).

Cf. [...], pp. 113-114, whence [...], 64.2016; [...], number 134.

Ἱαρὸν Ἑκάτας· οὐ ποτιφέρεται λίβανoς .

ποτιφέρεται[^a1] λίβανoς[^a2]

[^a1: ποτιφέρεται | ποτιφέρεις]

[^a2: λίβανoς | λίβανoν | λιβανωτός]

Espace sacré d'Hécate. On n'introduit pas d'encens.

Sacred area of Hekate. Incense is not brought in.

Area sacra di Ecate. L'incenso non è introdotto.

This inscription was published by Pugliese Carratelli from a photograph of the Department Archives, already known to Oliverio, which allows to date the find at the latest in 1937.

The photograph shows very clearly that the last readable letter at line 3 is an omicron rather than an omega, so the foundation word λίβανος should be read instead of the derived form preferred by Pugliese Carratelli.

The word ἱαρόν, means 'sacred area' and may either consist only of the temple or include a larger area around it. The stone was found about this area, apparently not inside it but at some distance further to the West. This apparently small stone could be moved easily.

[...] stressed that the restored verb at line 2 is longer than the other presumed words at lines 1 and 3. Therefore, he suggested a formulation with the verb at the active voice and the object at the accusative. However, it seems that with a second singular person we should rather have an injunctive formulation with μή. Therefore, we keep the former restoration, which, anyhow, has only one more letter and, with the passive has a more general hint. This inscription had no axial layout.