Dedication on occasion of a telesphoria
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source date: Late fourth or early third century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], pp. 35-37, n. 3, whence [...], 57.2005; [...] 108500. Cf. [...], p. 125 (findspot), pp. 196-197 (typology), pp. 374-375, number 101 (text).

Τελεσφορέντες τῶι Ἀ[...][...]νι

[...] [...]

Ἰάσων Χαριτίμω

Πρατομήδης Λυσ[...]

[...] [...]

Ἀ[...][...]νι[^a1]

[^a1: Ἀ[...][...]νι | Ἀπόλλωνι]

Au cours de leur télesphorie ce monument a été consacré à A[...]n, par Untel fils d'Untel, Iasôn fils de Kharitimos, Pratomèdès fils de Lys[...], Untel fils d'Untel.

During their telesphoria this monument was dedicated to A[...]n by So-and-so son of So-and-so, Iason son of Charitimos, Pratomedes son of Lys[...], So-and-so son of So-and-so.

Durante la loro telesphoria questo monumento è stato dedicato ad A[...]n dal tale figlio del tale, da Iason figlio di Charitimos, da Pratomedes figlio di Lys[...], dal tale figlio del tale.

The layout of this monument looks like the dedication of the Strategeion (see IGCyr098500) in reduced size and with inverted order of the parts of text inscribed on the metopes and the architrave.

If the model of the Strategeion was followed completely, one more metope, not inscribed, might have stood at each end. However, contra [...], followed at [...], this would not allow two more columns of names to stay at ll. 2 and 3. On the whole, there were four (or six) dedicators for this monument. [...] argues that the number of dedicants should be uneven, i.e. five, seven or nine, because the mention of Iason son of Charitimos begins under the metope corresponding to the centre of line 1. There seems to be a bias in his argument.

The god's name is far from complete and offers a difficult dilemna since the editio princeps. Either Ἀπό|λλω|νι or Ἄμ|μω|νι are possible. Apollo was eventually preferred by the first editors and again for [...] by C. Dobias-Lalou, because this seemed more plausible within the framework of a telesphoria. In fact, the other dedications related to the telesphoria do not mention Apollo as a recipient, except for IGCyr126800, but their findspot and Callimachus'mention of the telesphoria induce to suppose that it was especially dedicated to him. In addition, some dedications by telesphoroi mention the festivals of Karneia or Artamitia, which are related to the sanctuary of Apollo and to the two civic deities.

As a matter of fact, the votive depot of the Wadi El Aish clearly contains objects from various provenances and namely a series of items related to Ammon.The alternative possibility of that god had also been discussed and dropped by edd. prr. Now [...], in relation with IGCyr109300, has new arguments for the presence of Ammon in the area. Therefore he would accept the idea of telesphorentes offering a dedication to Ammon.