Dedication to Ammon and artist's signature
created: Transcription from stone (CDL).
source date: Between ca. 330 and 300 BC (Rosamilia)
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Ἵππαρχος Ναύσιος Ἄμμωνι ἀνέθηκε [...]ίωνος ἔργον

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Hipparkhos fils de Nausis a consacré ce monument à Ammon. Oeuvre de [...]iôn.

Hipparchos son of Nausis dedicated this monument to Ammon. Work of [...]ion.

Hipparchos figlio di Nausis ha dedicato questo monumento ad Ammone. Opera di [...]ion.

Here is the most ancient epigraphical mention of Ammon, the only other one of Hellenistic date being IGCyr100200 in the second century BC. Found by chance together with IGCyr108500, IGCyr108600, IGCyr108700, IGCyr108900, IGCyr109000, IGCyr109100, IGCyr109200, IGCyr109300, IGCyr109400, IGCyr109500, IGCyr109600, this is the only inscription of the group referring explicitely to Ammon. [...] offers new readings and interpretation of IGCyr109300 which seem to confirm its belonging to Ammon's cult. Some pieces of sculpture found with them are also related to that god. For the rest of the material, a mingled provenance is not impossible (see the commentary at IGCyr134800).

Another interesting feature is the rare formula with ἔργον for the sculptor's signature, perhaps also known at Euesperides for a mosaic (IGCyr091600). The only approaching formula at Cyrene has the verb ἠργάσσατο at IGCyr019000. In fact this formula, with letters as tall as those in the dedication, would rather originate from the dedicator and would then not be exactly what we use to call an artist's signature.

The sculptor, unknown elsewhere, is probably a Cyrenaean, as his name is mentioned without an ethnic, but this is no inescapable argument.