Private honours for king Ptolemy IX Soter II
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between 108 and 103 BC
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[...], 204 (no image); Hauben in [...], pp. 33-34; [...], 1972.622; [...]; [...], pp. 305-306, n. 24, whence [...], 27.1126; [...] 102500. Cf. [...], n. 0372; [...], pp. 186-188; [...]; [...], pp. 446, 462; [...], p. 137, footnote 22.

Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον θεὸν Σωτῆρα βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου τοῦ δευτέρου Εὐεργέτου Στόλος Θέωνος ὁ συγγενής καὶ ἐπιστολαγράφος καὶ ἀρχεδέατρος καὶ ναύαρχος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἡνιῶν εὐεργεσίας ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτόν [...]

Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον θεὸν Σω[^a1]

[^a1: Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον θεὸν Σω | [...]Πτολεμαῖον | Βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον Σωτῆρα]

τῆρα βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου[^a2]

[^a2: τῆρα βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου | [...] βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου [...] | τὸν ἐγ βασιλέως]

τοῦ δευτέρου Εὐεργέτου[^a3]

[^a3: τοῦ δευτέρου Εὐεργέτου | [...][...]ευ[...][...]ου Εὐεργετ]

Στόλος Θέωνος ὁ συγγενής[^a4]

[^a4: Στόλος Θέωνος ὁ συγγενής | [...]οσο[...][...][...][...]]

καὶ ἐπίστολαγράφος καὶ ἀρχεδέατρος[^a5] καὶ ναύαρχος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἡνίων[^a6] εὐεργεσίας ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτόν[^a7]

[^a5: καὶ ἐπίστολαγράφος καὶ ἀρχεδέατρος | [...][...]πισ[...]]

[^a6: καὶ ναύαρχος καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἡνίων | [...] ναυαρχ | καὶ ναύαρχος εὐεργεσίας]

[^a7: εὐεργεσίας ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτόν | [...]γη[...] | ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτόν]

La statue du roi Ptolémée, Dieu Sôtèr, fils du roi Ptolémée, le second Evergète, a été consacrée, par Stolos fils de Théôn, son Parent, épistolographos secrétaire, arkhédéatros intendant en chef, navarque, préposé aux rênes, en raison de sa bienveillance envers lui.

The statue of king Ptolemy, God Soter, son of Ptolemy, the second Euergetes, was dedicated by Stolos son of Theon, his Akin, epistolographos secretary, archedeatros chief steward, navarch, in charge of the reins, on behalf of his benevolence towards himself.

La statua del re Tolemeo, Dio Sotere, figlio del re Tolemeo, Evergete secondo, è stata dedicata da Stolos figlio di Theon, Parente, epistolographos segretario, archedeatros capo maggiordomo, navarco, preposto alle briglie, in considerazione della benevolenza verso di lui.

(تمثال) الملك بتوليميوس (بطليموس)، المُؤلَّه المُنْقِذ، ابن الملك بتوليميوس، إفيريغيتس الثاني، (كُرِس) من قبل ستولوس بن ثيون، المُقرب منه (أوالمماثل له من حيث النفوذ والصلاحيات)، إبيستولوغرافوس (سكرتير خاص بالملك)، أرخيدياتروس (كبير الخدم أو مدير الأعمال)، نافارخوس (قائد الاسطول البحري)، والمسؤول عن زمام الأمور، لما تفضل به من خير (أي الملك) عليه أو عرفانًا بفضله.

Pugliese Carratelli ([...], 204) described the stone at the very place where it still laid in 1976, before being brought into the Museum for preservation. On that basis, Reynolds, who had not found it, argued that it had probably been found before 1935 and thus should have come from the Eastern Church, the only one excavated by the Italians before World War II (so again in [...], p. 57). In fact, Pugliese Carratelli had only a copy of the stone coming from Oliverio's papers and checked the stone to complete the publication on occasion of his own visit to Cyrenaica in 1960. The date of the find is thus before 1935, but not necessarily related to real excavations. The most probable is a chance find during the Italian period in the area of the West Church. Anyhow, as the stone was re-used, maybe for a stoup, its original place cannot be guessed.

On Stolos, the Athenian admiral, see [...], who proposed for the Cyrenaean dedications a date between 108 and 103 BC, and [...], who explored the possibility that he was a born Cyrenaean and later granted Athenian citizenship. [...], pp. 187-188 explains why Stolos had the title syggenes ('Akin').