Object card·SAL_7012·1972

Marble base of the gymnasiarch Demophon, Huilerie

Marble base of the gymnasiarch Demophon, Huilerie
Object card: 1972. Mission archéologique française de Kition-Salamine (MOM, Lyon), Nakala, SAL_7012. "Marble base of the gymnasiarch Demophon, Huilerie". CC BY 4.0. Resized.

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English, translated from the French record

Inscribed base of grey-blue marble, broken in two and recut into a trough at the back, from room 24 of the Building of the Huilerie in Salamis, Cyprus; dedication of the gymnasiarch (?) Demophon, early 3rd century BC, with the right side wholly eroded. Dimensions 31.5 x 54 x 23 cm; inscription begins 5 cm below the upper edge and 17 cm from the left edge; inventory E_0158; negatives 06216_03 and 06216_02; 5 July 1972.

French, as on the record

pub : SAL_PUB_139904_XI_CAT_11_Nc4394_p_0040 pub : SAL_PUB_139900_XIII_CAT_13_0085_p_0043 int. : 1,7. Début Ille s. a.C. Δημ[οφ]ῶν / Πν[υτοκρά]τους / Γ[υμνασιαρχῶν ? ] Consécration du gymnasiarque (?) Démophon. Trouvée dans la pièce 24 du Bâtiment de « L’Huilerie ». Base de marbre gris-bleu, brisée en deux, retaillée en auge à l'arrière chantier : Huilerie num planche : PL_31 objet : Consécrations publiques et dédicaces privées dimensions : 31,5 x 54 x 23 h.l. : 1,7 toute la partie droite est rongée l'inscription commence à 5 cm sous l’arête supérieure et à 17 cm du bord gauche carre : I III/α5-6 epoque : IIIe s. av. J.-C. inv objet : E_0158 negatif : 06216_03 negatif : 06216_02 num planche : PL_09

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