Description:
Archive wall, column 4, second course, below 512
Text:
Inscribed area, 2.01 x 0..22).
Letters:
Second to third cent. A.D.; ave. 0.022; ligature: ΗΜ, ΝΗ, ΜΗ l.3, ΜΗ l. 4, ΝΗ l. 5 ; apex in l. 2 ; diaeretic dots in ll.. 1, 4, 6.
Date:
Inscription: second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, context). Document: 98 or 100 A.D. (titulature).
Findspot:
Theatre: north parodos wall
Original Location:
Theatre: north parodos wall
Last recorded location:
Findspot
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1967
Bibliography:
Published by Reynolds, A&R 14 whence BE 1983.751, SEG 32, 1982.1202, AnnEpig 1984, 868; SEG 35,1985.1081; ISmyrna 593, McCabe PHI Aphrodisias 51 .Discussed: Millar, Emperor in the Roman World 438-439, R. Bernhardt, Historia 29 (1980), 200 (immunity of free cities).
Text constituted from:
transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (1982).
1 vac. αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Σμυρναίοις vac.
2 οὐδένα βούλομαι ἐκ τῶν ἐλευθέρων πόλεων ἀνανκάζεσθαι εἰς ὑμετέραν λειτουργίαν καὶ
3 μάλιστα ἐξ Ἀφροδεισιάδος ἐξῃρημένης τῆς πόλεως καὶ τοῦ τύπου τῆς ἐπαρχείας v. ὥστε μήτε
4 εἰς τὰς κοινὰς τῆς Ἀσίας μήτε εἰς ἑτέρας λειτουργίας ὑπάγεσθαι Τιβέριον Ἰουλιανὸν Ἄτταλον
5 ἀπολύω τοῦ ἐν Σμύρνῃ ναοῦ καὶ μάλιστα μαρτυρούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος ἔγραψα δὲ περὶ
6 vac. τούτων καὶ Ἰουλίῳ Βάλβῳ τῷ φίλῳ μου καὶ ἀνθυπάτῳ vac.
1   ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡΚΑΙΣΑΡΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΣΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΙΣ   
2ΟΥΔΕΝΑΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙΕΚΤΩΝΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΩΝΠΟΛΕΩΝΑΝΑΝΚΑΖΕΣΘΑΙΕΙΣΥΜΕΤΕΡΑΝΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΝΚΑΙ
3ΜΑΛΙΣΤΑΕΞΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΑΔΟΣΕΞΗΡΗΜΕΝΗΣΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣΚΑΙΤΟΥΤΥΠΟΥΤΗΣΕΠΑΡΧΕΙΑΣ ΩΣΤΕΜΗΤΕ
4ΕΙΣΤΑΣΚΟΙΝΑΣΤΗΣΑΣΙΑΣΜΗΤΕΕΙΣΕΤΕΡΑΣΛΕΙΤΟΥΡΓΙΑΣΥΠΑΓΕΣΘΑΙΤΙΒΕΡΙΟΝΙΟΥΛΙΑΝΟΝΑΤΤΑΛΟΝ
5ΑΠΟΛΥΩΤΟΥΕΝΣΜΥΡΝΗΝΑΟΥΚΑΙΜΑΛΙΣΤΑΜΑΡΤΥΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΝΥΠΟΤΗΣΙΔΙΑΣΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣΕΓΡΑΨΑΔΕΠΕΡΙ
6   ΤΟΥΤΩΝΚΑΙΙΟΥΛΙΩΒΑΛΒΩΤΩΦΙΛΩΜΟΥΚΑΙΑΝΘΥΠΑΤΩ   
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αὐτοκράτωρ
Καῖσαρ
Τραϊανὸς
Σμυρναίοις
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<lb n="2" />
οὐδένα
βούλομαι
ἐκ
τῶν
ἐλευθέρων
πόλεων
ἀνανκάζεσθαι
εἰς
ὑμετέραν
λειτουργίαν
καὶ
<lb n="3" />
μάλιστα
ἐξ
Ἀφροδεισιάδος
ἐξῃρημένης
τῆς
πόλεως
καὶ
τοῦ
τύπου
τῆς
ἐπαρχείας
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ὥστε
μήτε
<lb n="4" />
εἰς
τὰς
κοινὰς
τῆς
Ἀσίας
μήτε
εἰς
ἑτέρας
λειτουργίας
ὑπάγεσθαι
Τιβέριον
Ἰουλιανὸν
Ἄτταλον
<lb n="5" />
ἀπολύω
τοῦ
ἐν
Σμύρνῃ
ναοῦ
καὶ
μάλιστα
μαρτυρούμενον
ὑπὸ
τῆς
ἰδίας
πατρίδος
ἔγραψα
δὲ
περὶ
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<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
τούτων
καὶ
Ἰουλίῳ
Βάλβῳ
τῷ
φίλῳ
μου
καὶ
ἀνθυπάτῳ
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</ab>

Translation:

Imperator Caesar Trajanus to the Smyrnaeotes. I wish no one from the free cities to be forced into (performing) your liturgy, and especially no one from Aphrodisias, since that city has been removed from the formula provinciae so that it is not liable either to the common liturgies of Asia or to others. I release Tiberius Julianos Attalos from (performance of a liturgy in) the temple in Smyrna; (he is) a man who has the highest testimonials from his own city; and I have written about these matters to Julius Balbus, my friend and the proconsul.

Commentary:

See Aphrodisias and Rome, 113-115.

Photographs:

View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)
 View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)
View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28 (1977)
 View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28 (1977)
View, below 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)
 View, below 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)
Archive Wall view (1994)
 Archive Wall view (1994)

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