Probably sacred regulations
created: Transcription from stones (CDL).
source date: Probably between 390 and 370 BC (Rosamilia)
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], 160, 160bis (viz. fragments b and a; photos); [...] 100400.

Cf. [...], p. 56 (date); pp. 267-268, number 17 (text).

[...] [...]λλ[...] [...]ων λ[...] [...]ὅ τι ἁ τ[...] [...] αἰ δέ τί κα α[...] [...] επιφωραι παρ τὰ [...] [...] καθὲς ὅ τι μεγιστ [...] [...] πλείονος πεντ[...] [...]ν· ὅ τι δέ κα [...] [...]ει ἀποτεισ[...] [...]σίοις πρα[...] [...]τῶν ἱαρομναμόνων [...] [...]σον [...] [...]

[...] [...]ι [...][...]ρητ[...] ἐν τῶι ἱαρῶι με[...] ἱαρρομναμον[...] [...]καὶ τὰ ἡμι[...][...]εσα [...]

ων λ[^a1] ὅ τι ἁ τ[^a2] επεφωραι[^a3] καθὲς ὅ τι μεγιστ[^a4] ν· ὅ τι δέ κα [...][^a5] ἀποτεισ[...][^a6] σίοις[^a7] τῶν ἱαρομναμόνων[^a8] [...]σον[...][^a9] [...][...]ρητ[^a10] ἐν τῶι ἱαρῶι με[^a11]

[^a1: ων λ | ων[...]]

[^a2: ὅ τι ἁ τ | τιατω | τιαι[...]]

[^a3: επεφωραι | ἐπὶ φωρᾶι | ἐπιφωρᾶι]

[^a4: καθὲς ὅ τι μεγιστ | κα θὲς ὅ τι μεγιστ | καθες ὅτι μεγ]

[^a5: ν· ὅ τι δέ κα [...] | νοτι δεκα[...]]

[^a6: ἀποτεισ[...] | ἀποτει[...]]

[^a7: σίοις | [...]ίοις]

[^a8: τῶν ἱαρομναμόνων | [...]ων ἱαρομ[...]]

[^a9: [...]σον[...] | [...]σον | [...][...]σοντα[...] | [...][...]σον[...][...]]

[^a10: [...][...]ρητ | [...]ρητ]

[^a11: ἐν τῶι ἱαρῶι με | [...]ρωιμε]

(a) [...] ce que la [...] et si quelque chose [...] [voir le commentaire] à la suite de la découverte vers/selon les [...] ayant laissé tomber ce qui est le plus grand [...], plus de cinq [...] ; et ce que [...] il s'en acquittera [...] des hiéromnémons [...].

(b) [...] dans le sanctuaire [...] hiéromnémon [...] et les demi-[...].

(a) [...] what the [...] and if something [...] [see commentary] towards/against the [...] having dropped whatever largest is [...] more than five [...]; and whatever [...] he shall fulfill [...] the hieromnemones [...].

(b) [...] in the sanctuary [...] hieromnemon [...] and the half-[...].

(a) [...] ciò che [...] e se qualcosa [...] [vedi commento] verso/contro i [...] avendo lasciato cadere ciò che è grandissimo [...], più di cinque [...]; e ciò che [...] ripagherà [...] gli hieromnemones [...].

(b) [...] nel santuario [...] hieromnemon [...] e le metà-[...].

The back of the panel had an odd shape, which probably prevented Pugliese Carratelli at [...] to be sure that both fragments belong to one and the same stone; however, their dimensions measured at different places and the bevelled right edge allow for the shape described above and the material, lettering and content do confirm the similarity. Fragment a belonged to the left half of the panel and fragment b belonged to the right side, probably lower because of the probable tapering feature. Consequently in our edition the order of the fragments is inverted in comparison with editio princeps and with Rosamilia's edition. We infer the date of discovery from the mentioned findspot of fragment a at [...], which seems a quotation from Oliverio, although no sketchbook of his is mentioned by Pugliese Carratelli.

This is one of the very few inscriptions in stoichedon style from Cyrenaica.

Those very fragmentary rests do not allow to get a clear view of the subject; however the mentions of hieromnemones, of a sanctuary, of payment and the hypothetical particle in relative sentences all lead to the view that some forms of religious regulations were mentioned here.

At a.3 [...] noticed a faint horizontal line at the break, only visible from the photo of the squeeze. He read thus a probable omega or else a circular letter (omicron more plausible here than theta). As no photograph allows to confirm this, we leave the question open.

At a.5, the reading is definetely puzzling: as already explained by [...], pp. 143-144, the segment ΕΠΙΦΩΡΑΙ might be taken in most dialects as the subjunctive of a present stem in -άω 'to discover' and this is Rosamilia's choice, because he relates it to αἰ δέ τι κα at the preceding line. However, in Dorian dialects and especially in Cyrenaean, such present stems are very rare, if not absent, having been joined to the stems in -έω. If we look at nouns, we may read either the single φωρά 'theft' preceded by ἐπί or the predictable compound ἐπιφωρά 'discovery'. The lack of direct context does not help to choose and we eventually prefer to leave the question open.

At a.6, [...] rightly pointed out the incompatibility of the particle κα with the participle θές, as read for [...]. We suggest now the aorist participle of καθίημι 'to drop'.

At a.12, Rosamilia noticed on the photo of the squeeze a possible tau.However, as evidenced from the stone and from the shape of the squeeze, the rim of the chipped off stone is lowered and an oblique crack begins at the place of the upper bar of the suspected tau.