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Edition here based on Pugliese Carratelli
Cf. also: Sokolowski
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On the 1st of the month Dalios, (5) to Helios, an ox, white or tawny; the
Within (i.e. before) the 20th of Panamos, three goats; the
Le 1er du mois de Dalios, (5) à Hélios un boeuf, blanc ou fauve; le démiurge le sacrifie ; le 20 : un boeuf, blanc ou fauve.
Avant le 20 Panamos, trois caprins; les hiéropes les sacrifient; et [...]
The inscription is one of a large number of extracts from a sacrificial calendar inscribed or recodified in the late Classical or early Hellenistic period and disseminated at various local sanctuaries, presumably as punctual reminders and short regulations in and of themselves (for the early beginning of such excerpts, cf. here CGRN 62 and CGRN 63, both from Lindos). The excerpts perhaps come from the general sacrificial calendar of the unified city of Rhodes or perhaps equally probably from that of Kamiros itself. See e.g. CGRN 109 for further examples from Kamiros; e.g. CGRN 115 for others from Lindos. For a general discussion of these excerpts, see Segre and Carbon forthc.
Here, the excerpt concerns rites for Helios, presumably at the principal sanctuary of this god at Kamiros.
Lines 1-5: The first of Dalios is perhaps to be identified with a major celebration at Kamiros in honour of several gods, also Athena Polias (CGRN 109) and the Muses with Mnemosyne (CGRN 113). The Dalia is a good possibility, and the role of the δαμιουργός here as the principal sacrificial agent confirms the importance of the celebration for the local community and the polity as a whole, since he was the most important civic magistrate at Kamiros (he is also frequently associated with the ἰεροποιοί, cf.
Lines 6-9: Panamos also takes place in the summertime (immediately before Dalios in the standard Rhodian calendar). Instead of a specific date, a deadline of the 20th or of the first two decades of the month is prescribed; cf.