Dedication to Demeter
created: Transcription from previous editor.
source date: Fifth or fourth century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...] Δάματρι καὶ Κόραι [...] [...]φορος ἀνέθηκε

άματρι[^a1] ἀνέθηκε[^a2]

[^a1: άματρι | Δάματρι]

[^a2: ἀνέθηκε | ἀνέθηκε]

[...] [...]phoros a consacréce monument à Dèmèter et Korè.

[...] To Demeter and Kore [...]phoros dedicated.

[...] A Demetra e a Kore [...]phoros ha dedicato.

The first letter (incomplete) of line 1 is surely tau, so that Δάματρι is very plausible, although we cannot see any hint of the incomplete allpha read by Reynolds; καὶ Κόραι may have followed, if the gap was only of one letter, but this is not compulsory.

At l. 2 Reynolds' idea that the verb stood at the end is quite convincing, as well as her idea that it was preceded by the name of the dedicator; what survives of the latter's mention might be either the end of a man's name (not followed by his father's name), e.g. Nikephoros as in IRCyr2020 C.50 or of a title such as τελεσφόρος, which would correspond to the many dedications by τελεσφορέντες already known at Cyrene for Apollo and Artemis. It should be stressed that the compound adjective may be either a masculine of a feminine and would thus be appropriate also for Demeter and Kore's cult. However, if ever it is the adjective, a distribution of name and father's name between the end of line 1 and the beginning of line 2 without mention of Kore would produce a better balanced distribution.