Dedication to Dionysos
created: Transcription from photograph (SMM).
source date: Middle decades of the second century BC
language: ar; en; fr; de; grc; grc-Latn; el; he
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[...], pp. 144-146, fig. 8 and 9, whence [...], 60.1837; [...] 113800.

Κάλλις [...] κατὰ πρόσταγμα τῶ Διονύσω

Κάλλις [...][^a1]

[^a1: Κάλλις [...] | Καλλι[...]]

Kallis fils d'Un tel a consacré ce monument sur prescription de Dionysos.

Kallis son of So-and-so dedicated this monument as prescribed by Dionysos.

Kallis figlio del tale ha dedicato questo monumento su ordine di Dioniso.

The god's name at line 3 is partly lost. Whereas Διός or Διοσκούρων might be restored, the name of Dionysos fits the gap best. Ties between Demeter and Dionysos are attested both by Callimachus and in inscriptions of Roman time (see the commentary at [...] and [...] and IRCyr2020 C.498). Such ties explain the presence of a theatre inside an enclosure dedicated mainly to Demeter and Kore.

For line 1, the usual formula has a name and father's name. Given the space available, it seems better to restore the short name Kallis than a compound beginning with Καλλισ-.