Tithe for Apollo
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Probably fourth century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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Morelli [...], 248 a (ph.); [...] 104200.

[...]άνθης Κλευδάμω Ἀπόλλωνι δεκάταν.

[...]άνθης[^a1]

[^a1: [...]άνθης | [...]άνθης | Πολιάνθης]

[...]anthès fils de Kleudamos a consacré ce monument à Apollon au titre de la dîme.

[...]anthes son of Kleudamos dedicated this monument to Apollo as a tithe.

[...]anthes figlio di Kleudamos ha dedicato questo monumento ad Apollo come decima.

The name of the dedicant was restored as Πολιάνθης in [...] by Fraser himself or on Reynolds' proposal, presumably because of its numerous occurrences in Cyrenaean omomastics. However Dobias-Lalou thinks that only three letters are missing. Although that restoration, including an iota, is not impossible, the name Δαμάνθης is also known in Cyrenaica and would fit the gap. So it seems better to remain cautious about the lost letters.

Morelli's indication about the place of observation is very vague («Piazzale, a destra del Santuario di Apollo, guardando verso lo Strategeion»). However it allows to think that the stone has not been moved between 1960 and 1983. We thus suppose that he saw it in the same area where it still lay in 2004. About the excavations of that area we now take advantage of the ancient reports published by [...], p. 141.