12.27. Honours for C. Julius Longianos, poet
- Description:
- Three texts, all inscribed on a single white marble block; the block (H. 0.81 x W. 0.77) has an area of rough tooling along the lower edge, which breaks into iii.16, suggesting that there was a moulding below, which was broken away to fit the stone for use in the wall (as is found on other re-used blocks in the wall). The stone must come from a composite monument of some kind, perhaps the wall of a building.
- Text:
- The texts of i and ii must have started on the blocks above, and most of i, with much of iii was inscribed on a block to the left. i and ii both contain twenty-six lines, but these are not completely aligned with one another; l.26 of i ends on the same line as the first line of iii, while l.26 of ii ends above it; this probably indicates that the three documents were not inscribed simultaneously (although the lettering shows no marked variations).
- Letters:
- Letters standard second-/third-century forms, 0.01; dot for stops (not marked by Waddington or MAMA). Ligatures: ΝΗ, iii.6, ΝΗΜ iii.9, ΜΝ, ΜΜ, iii.15. We have not climbed up to the stone; measurements are therefore those of the MAMA team
- Date:
- iii: 127 A.D. (consuls)
- Findspot:
- Walls, North: high up in the north wall of the Stadium.
- Original Location:
- Unknown
- Last recorded location:
- Findspot
- History of discovery:
- First recorded by Waddington, using a ladder, in 1850; by Gaudin (96). Copied, squeezed and measured by the MAMA team. Photographed and read with binoculars by the NYU expedition.
- Bibliography:
- Published by Waddington, LBW 1618 (i and ii), 1619 (iii), whence Curtius, Arch.Zeit. 3 (1870), 104, Lüders, Dionysische Künstler, no. 95. Described by Reinach, from Gaudin's squeeze, 10. Published by Cormack, from the MAMA records, MAMA VIII. 418, on which see Robert, Hell. XIII, 173-4. Published by Roueché, PPA 88.
- Text constituted from:
- Transcriptions (Reynolds, Roueché); MAMA squeeze; Publications This edition Roueché (2007).
- i
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[·· ? ··] ΟΣΑΠΑ
- 2[·· ? ·· ?διὰ τὰ]ς ἀκρό-
- 3[ασεις ·· ? ··] Α̣ τε τῆς
- 4[·· ? ··]Ι̣ΤΟΥΣ
- 5 [·· c. 6 ··]Α̣Ν εἰσφερ-
- 6[·· c. 6 ··] Ι̣ ἐν πλει-
- 7[στοις ·· c. 6 ··]ΑΣΤΟΥΣ
- 8[·· c. 6 ··]Δ̣ΕΝΟΣ
- 9[·· c. 6 ··] πολλάκις
- 10 [·· c. 6 ··] τ̣ήν τε αὐ-
- 11[τ·· ? ·· πρ]οσηκου -
- 12[·· c. 6 ··]Λ̣ΗΣΘΑΙ
- 13[·· ? ·· Γάιον Ἰούλιον] Λονγια-
- 14[νὸν ·· c. 6 ··]Ν̣ καὶ κατα
- 15 [·· c. 6 ··]Ο̣Ν̣ καὶ τῶν
- 16[·· c. 6 ··]Τ̣Λ̣Ω καὶ ΔΕ
- 17[·· c. 4 ·· π]ολειτείαν
- 18[·· c. 6 ··]ΔΑ καὶ ΧΕΙ
- 19[·· c. 6 ··]ΝΑΙ δὲ αὐ-
- 20[τ·· c. 6 ··] πόλεως
- 21[·· c. 6 ··]ΜΑΣΕΦΗΣ
- 22[·· c. 6 ··]ΡΟΣ δὲ το
- 23[·· ? ·· ?Ἁλικαρνασ]σέων πο-
- 24[λ·· c. 6 ··] ΟΣ αὐτὸν
- 25 [·· c. 6 ··] ἀντίγρα-
- 26[φον ·· ? ·· σημανθὲν τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγεῖ]δι stop leaf
- ii
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1τῇ̣ ἄλλῃ ἐπιδημίᾳ καὶ ἐτείμησεν καὶ ἐκόσμησεν ἡ-
- 2μᾶς καὶ ποιημάτων παντοδαπῶν ἐπιδείξεις ποι-
- 3κίλας ἐποιήσατο δι' ὧν καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους εὔφρα-
- 4νεν καὶ τοὺς νεωτέρους ὠφέλησεν ἐπί τε τούτοις
- 5 ἅπασιν ἡσθεὶς ὁ δῆμος τειμὰς αὐτῷ προσέταξε
- 6 τὰς προσηκούσας ψηφίσασθαι stop δεδόχθαι Γάιον Ἰού-
- 7λιον Λογγιανὸν προῖκα πεπολειτεῦσθαι παρ' ἡμεῖν vac.
- 8 ὄντα καὶ ἄνδρα ἀγαθὸν καὶ ποιητὴν τὸν ἄριστον τῶν κα-
- 9θ' ἡμᾶς ταῖς τε ἄλλαις πολειτείαις καὶ τειμαῖς τετει-
- 10μῆσθαι ταῖς ἐκ τῶν νόμων μεγίσταις καὶ εἰκόσιν vac.
- 11 χαλκαῖς ἃς ἔν τε τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀνασταθῆναι τοῖς ἐπι-
- 12σημοτάτοις τῆς πόλεως χωρίοις καὶ ἐν τῷ τῶν Μου̣-
- 13σῶν τεμένει καὶ ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ τῶν ἐφήβων παρὰ
- 14 τὸν παλαιὸν Ἡρόδοτον stop ἐψηφίσθαι δὲ καὶ τοῖς βυβλί̣ -
- 1515 οις αὐτοῦ δημοσίαν ἀνάθεσιν ἔν τε βυβλιοθήκαις̣
- 16 ταῖς παρ' ἡμεῖν ἵνα καὶ ἐν τούτοις οἱ νέοι παιδεύων-
- 17ται τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ὃν καὶ ἐν τοῖς τῶν παλαίων συ[ν]-
- 18γράμμασιν ὅπως δὲ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τῶν συνγενῶν Ἀφρο-
- 19δεισιέων φανερὰ γένηται ἡ ἡμετέρα περὶ τὸν πολε[ί]-
- 20την αὐτῶν εὔνοια καὶ σπουδή stop δεδόχθαι καὶ ἀντίγρα-
- 21φον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος πεμφθῆναι διὰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ
- 22 Ἰουλίου τοῖς Ἀφροδεισιεῦσιν τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγεῖδι ση-
- 23μανθὲν ἐξ οὗ κἀκεινο(ι) μαθήσονται τό τε ἡμέτερον ἦ- vv.
- 24 θος ᾧ περὶ πάντας ὁμοίως τοὺς πεπαιδευμένοις
- 25 χρώμενοι διατελοῦμεν καὶ αἷς τὸν ἄνδρα τειμαῖς ὡς
- 26 διενηνοχότα τῶν ἄλλων τετειμήκαμεν stop ? leaf vac.
- iii
- 1 stop leaf (at end of i) stop ψήφισμα ἱερᾶς συνόδου vac.
- 2[ἔδοξεν τῇ ἱερᾷ συνόδῳ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκου]μένης περὶ τὸν Διόνυσον καὶ αὐτοκράτορα Τραιανὸ(ν) Καίσαρος θεοῦ vac.
- 3[Τραιανοῦ Δακικοῦ Παρθικοῦ υἱὸν θεοῦ Ν]έρουα υἱωνὸν Ἁδριανὸν Καίσαρα Σεβαστὸν νέον Διόνυσον τεχνε[ι]-
- 4[τῶν ?ἱερονεικῶν στεφανειτῶν καὶ τῶν σ]υναγωνιστῶν vac. εἰσηγησαμένου Θεοφράστου τοῦ Εὐβιότου Τρύφωνος vac.
- 5 [κωμῳδοῦ Λαοδικέως ἐπιψηφισαμένου Ε]ὐ̣τύχους τοῦ Εὐτύχους κωμῳδοῦ Ἀσιονείκου Ἱεραπολείτου vac.
- 6[ἐπεὶ Γάιος Ἰούλιος ?υἱὸς Λογγι]α̣νὸς ἀγαθὸς ἀτελὴς τραγῳδίων ποιήτης ἀνὴρ πὰντος λόγου καῖ πάσης
- 7[·· c. 30 ··]Σ̣ΙΑΝ οὐ μόνον κοσμῶν ἀλλὰ καὶ συναύξων διὰ τῆς ἐναρέτου παιδείας
- 8[·· c. 27 ·· ?μεγ]αλοφυεῖ δόξῃ λογιότητα, τὴν ἀδιάλειπτον εὔνοιάν τε καὶ σπουδὴν ΕΝ v.
- 9[·· c. 30 ··]ΥΤΑΙ ὡς πληθύειν ἡμῶν τὴν σύνοδον καὶ συναύξειν δι' ὃ ἄθ̣ρ̣οον τὸ τῆς ΕΙ̣Ο̣
- 10 [·· c. 30 ··]Τ̣ΑΙ καὶ προτροπὴν τῶν μελλόντων ἐτείμησεν αὐτὸν εἰκόνι γραπτῇ vac.
- 11[·· c. 25 ·· ἐν ᾧἂν] τ̣όπῳ τῆς πατρίδος αὐτὸς προέ̣λ̣ηται, εἶναί τ̣ε̣ π̣ροήγορον διὰ βίου τῆς
- 12[συνόδου ·· c. 24 ··]Ο̣ΧΗτῆς ἀξίας ἄνδρας ταῖς πρεπούσαις τειμαῖς ἀμείβεσθαι stop ἐτελέσθη̣
- 13[ἐπὶ ὑπάτων Μάρκου Γαουίου Σκουίλλα Γ]αλλικανοῦ καὶ Τίτου Ἀτ̣ειλίου Ῥούφου Τιτιανοῦ πρὸ Ϛ´ καλανδῶν Ἀπρειλίων̣
- 14[·· c. 12 ·· Θεοφράστου τοῦ Εὐβιότο]υ Τρύφωνος τοῦ καλουμένου Θεοφράστου Ὠρείωνος Λαοδικέως κωμῳ-
- 15[δοῦ ·· c. 28 ··]Σ̣ καὶ γυμνασιάρχου γραμματεύοντος δὲ Αἰλίου Κλαυδίου Διογένους vac.
- 16[·· c. 31 ··]Ν̣ΤΟΣ Ἀπελ̣λα Χά̣ρ̣η̣τος Ἀφροδεισιέω̣[ς κι]θ̣α̣ρ̣ῳ̣[δο]υ̣ [·· c. 7 ··] ΟΥ vac.
- i
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1[ - - - ]ΟΣΑΠΑ
- 2[ - - - ·····]ΣΑΚΡΟ
- 3[····· - - - ]·ΤΕΤΗΣ
- 4[ - - - ]·ΤΟΥΣ
- 5[······]·ΝΕΙΣΦΕΡ
- 6[······]·ΕΝΠΛΕΙ
- 7[····· ······]ΑΣΤΟΥΣ
- 8[······]·ΕΝΟΣ
- 9[······]ΠΟΛΛΑΚΙΣ
- 10[······]·ΗΝΤΕΑΥ
- 11[· - - - ··]ΟΣΗΚΟΥ
- 12[······]·ΗΣΘΑΙ
- 13[ - - - ············]ΛΟΝΓΙΑ
- 14[·········]·ΚΑΙΚΑΤΑ
- 15[······]··ΚΑΙΤΩΝ
- 16[······]··ΩΚΑΙΔΕ
- 17[·····]ΟΛΕΙΤΕΙΑΝ
- 18[······]ΔΑΚΑΙΧΕΙ
- 19[······]ΝΑΙΔΕΑΥ
- 20[·······]ΠΟΛΕΩΣ
- 21[······]ΜΑΣΕΦΗΣ
- 22[······]ΡΟΣΔΕΤΟ
- 23[ - - - ·········]ΣΕΩΝΠΟ
- 24[·······]ΟΣΑΥΤΟΝ
- 25[······]ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑ
- 26[··· - - - ························]ΔΙ stop leaf
- ii
- 0·· ? ··]
- 1Τ·ΑΛΛΗΕΠΙΔΗΜΙΑΚΑΙΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝΚΑΙΕΚΟΣΜΗΣΕΝΗ
- 2ΜΑΣΚΑΙΠΟΙΗΜΑΤΩΝΠΑΝΤΟΔΑΠΩΝΕΠΙΔΕΙΞΕΙΣΠΟΙ
- 3ΚΙΛΑΣΕΠΟΙΗΣΑΤΟΔΙ'ΩΝΚΑΙΤΟΥΣΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΥΣΕΥΦΡΑ
- 4ΝΕΝΚΑΙΤΟΥΣΝΕΩΤΕΡΟΥΣΩΦΕΛΗΣΕΝΕΠΙΤΕΤΟΥΤΟΙΣ
- 5ΑΠΑΣΙΝΗΣΘΕΙΣΟΔΗΜΟΣΤΕΙΜΑΣΑΥΤΩΠΡΟΣΕΤΑΞΕ
- 6ΤΑΣΠΡΟΣΗΚΟΥΣΑΣΨΗΦΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ stop ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΓΑΙΟΝΙΟΥ
- 7ΛΙΟΝΛΟΓΓΙΑΝΟΝΠΡΟΙΚΑΠΕΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΥΣΘΑΙΠΑΡ'ΗΜΕΙΝ
- 8ΟΝΤΑΚΑΙΑΝΔΡΑΑΓΑΘΟΝΚΑΙΠΟΙΗΤΗΝΤΟΝΑΡΙΣΤΟΝΤΩΝΚΑ
- 9Θ'ΗΜΑΣΤΑΙΣΤΕΑΛΛΑΙΣΠΟΛΕΙΤΕΙΑΙΣΚΑΙΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΤΕΤΕΙ
- 10ΜΗΣΘΑΙΤΑΙΣΕΚΤΩΝΝΟΜΩΝΜΕΓΙΣΤΑΙΣΚΑΙΕΙΚΟΣΙΝ
- 11ΧΑΛΚΑΙΣΑΣΕΝΤΕΤΟΙΣΑΛΛΟΙΣΑΝΑΣΤΑΘΗΝΑΙΤΟΙΣΕΠΙ
- 12ΣΗΜΟΤΑΤΟΙΣΤΗΣΠΟΛΕΩΣΧΩΡΙΟΙΣΚΑΙΕΝΤΩΤΩΝΜΟ·
- 13ΣΩΝΤΕΜΕΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΝΤΩΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΩΤΩΝΕΦΗΒΩΝΠΑΡΑ
- 14ΤΟΝΠΑΛΑΙΟΝΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΝ stop ΕΨΗΦΙΣΘΑΙΔΕΚΑΙΤΟΙΣΒΥΒΛ·
- 1515ΟΙΣΑΥΤΟΥΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΝΑΝΑΘΕΣΙΝΕΝΤΕΒΥΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΑΙ·
- 16ΤΑΙΣΠΑΡ'ΗΜΕΙΝΙΝΑΚΑΙΕΝΤΟΥΤΟΙΣΟΙΝΕΟΙΠΑΙΔΕΥΩΝ
- 17ΤΑΙΤΟΝΑΥΤΟΝΤΡΟΠΟΝΟΝΚΑΙΕΝΤΟΙΣΤΩΝΠΑΛΑΙΩΝΣΥ[·]
- 18ΓΡΑΜΜΑΣΙΝΟΠΩΣΔΕΚΑΙΤΩΔΗΜΩΤΩΝΣΥΝΓΕΝΩΝΑΦΡΟ
- 19ΔΕΙΣΙΕΩΝΦΑΝΕΡΑΓΕΝΗΤΑΙΗΗΜΕΤΕΡΑΠΕΡΙΤΟΝΠΟΛΕ[·]
- 20ΤΗΝΑΥΤΩΝΕΥΝΟΙΑΚΑΙΣΠΟΥΔΗ stop ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΚΑΙΑΝΤΙΓΡΑ
- 21ΦΟΝΤΟΥΔΕΤΟΥΨΗΦΙΣΜΑΤΟΣΠΕΜΦΘΗΝΑΙΔΙΑΑΥΤΟΥΤΟΥ
- 22ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥΤΟΙΣΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΕΥΣΙΝΤΗΔΗΜΟΣΙΑΣΦΡΑΓΕΙΔΙΣΗ
- 23ΜΑΝΘΕΝΕΞΟΥΚΑΚΕΙΝΟΜΑΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙΤΟΤΕΗΜΕΤΕΡΟΝΗ
- 24ΘΟΣΩΠΕΡΙΠΑΝΤΑΣΟΜΟΙΩΣΤΟΥΣΠΕΠΑΙΔΕΥΜΕΝΟΙΣ
- 25ΧΡΩΜΕΝΟΙΔΙΑΤΕΛΟΥΜΕΝΚΑΙΑΙΣΤΟΝΑΝΔΡΑΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΩΣ
- 26ΔΙΕΝΗΝΟΧΟΤΑΤΩΝΑΛΛΩΝΤΕΤΕΙΜΗΚΑΜΕΝ stop leaf
- iii
- 1 stop leaf (at end of i) stop ΨΗΦΙΣΜΑΙΕΡΑΣΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ
- 2[································]ΜΕΝΗΣΠΕΡΙΤΟΝΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΝΚΑΙΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΚΑΙΣΑΡΟΣΘΕΟΥ
- 3[································]ΕΡΟΥΑΥΙΩΝΟΝΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΝΚΑΙΣΑΡΑΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝΝΕΟΝΔΙΟΝΥΣΟΝΤΕΧΝΕ[·]
- 4[·······························]ΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΩΝ ΕΙΣΗΓΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΥΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥΤΟΥΕΥΒΙΟΤΟΥΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣ
- 5[·······························]·ΤΥΧΟΥΣΤΟΥΕΥΤΥΧΟΥΣΚΩΜΩΔΟΥΑΣΙΟΝΕΙΚΟΥΙΕΡΑΠΟΛΕΙΤΟΥ
- 6[·························]·ΝΟΣΑΓΑΘΟΣΑΤΕΛΗΣΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΩΝΠΟΙΗΤΗΣΑΝΗΡΠΑΝΤΟΣΛΟΓΟΥΚΑΙΠΑΣΗΣ
- 7[······························]·ΙΑΝΟΥΜΟΝΟΝΚΟΣΜΩΝΑΛΛΑΚΑΙΣΥΝΑΥΞΩΝΔΙΑΤΗΣΕΝΑΡΕΤΟΥΠΑΙΔΕΙΑΣ
- 8[······························]ΑΛΟΦΥΕΙΔΟΞΗΛΟΓΙΟΤΗΤΑΤΗΝΑΔΙΑΛΕΙΠΤΟΝΕΥΝΟΙΑΝΤΕΚΑΙΣΠΟΥΔΗΝΕΝ
- 9[······························]ΥΤΑΙΩΣΠΛΗΘΥΕΙΝΗΜΩΝΤΗΝΣΥΝΟΔΟΝΚΑΙΣΥΝΑΥΞΕΙΝΔΙ'ΟΑ··ΟΟΝΤΟΤΗΣΕ··
- 10[······························]·ΑΙΚΑΙΠΡΟΤΡΟΠΗΝΤΩΝΜΕΛΛΟΝΤΩΝΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΕΝΑΥΤΟΝΕΙΚΟΝΙΓΡΑΠΤΗ
- 11[··························· ···]·ΟΠΩΤΗΣΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣΑΥΤΟΣΠΡΟ··ΗΤΑΙΕΙΝΑΙ···ΡΟΗΓΟΡΟΝΔΙΑΒΙΟΥΤΗΣ
- 12[······· ························]·ΧΗΤΗΣΑΞΙΑΣΑΝΔΡΑΣΤΑΙΣΠΡΕΠΟΥΣΑΙΣΤΕΙΜΑΙΣΑΜΕΙΒΕΣΘΑΙ stop ΕΤΕΛΕΣΘ·
- 13[·······························]ΑΛΛΙΚΑΝΟΥΚΑΙΤΙΤΟΥΑ·ΕΙΛΙΟΥΡΟΥΦΟΥΤΙΤΙΑΝΟΥΠΡΟϚΚΑΛΑΝΔΩΝΑΠΡΕΙΛΙΩ·
- 14[······················ ··········]ΥΤΡΥΦΩΝΟΣΤΟΥΚΑΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥΩΡΕΙΩΝΟΣΛΑΟΔΙΚΕΩΣΚΩΜΩ
- 15[··· ····························]·ΚΑΙΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΑΡΧΟΥΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΕΥΟΝΤΟΣΔΕΑΙΛΙΟΥΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΥΔΙΟΓΕΝΟΥΣ
- 16[·······························]·ΤΟΣΑΠΕ·ΛΑΧ···ΤΟΣΑΦΡΟΔΕΙΣΙΕ·[···]····[··]·[·······]ΟΥ
Apparatus
i.
l. 5, ]ΝΕΙ W., M.
l. 6, ΠΑΣΙ, W.
l. 8, ]ΕΝΟΣ W., M.
l. 10, ΤΩΝ, W.
l. 12, ]ΗΣΘΑΙ W., M.
l.15· ]ΟΗ, W., ]Ω̣Ν̣ M.
l. 17, ΔΕΙΜΕΙΑΝ, W., π]ολιτείαν M.
l. 19, ]ΑΙ W., ]Ν̣ΑΙ̣ M.
ii.
l. 1, ΤΗΤΕ M., ΤΗ W. While the second letter is uncertain, there are not more than two.
l. 7, ΛΟΝΓ W. ( in his notes), ΛΟΓΓ W. (in his copy), M., lapis. ΗΜΙΝ M., ΗΜΕΙΝ W., lapis.
l. 8, ΠΟΛΕΙΤΗΝ, W.
l. 9, ΠΟΛΙΤ, W.
l. 12, ΜΟΥ W., ΜΟ[Υ] M.
l. 13, ΣΚΑΙ W., corrected in his transcription.
l. 14, ΒΥΒΛ W., ΒΥΒΛΙ M.
l. 15, ΚΑΙΣ W., ΚΑΙ[Σ] M.
l. 17, ΣΥΝ W., ΣΥ[Ν] M.
l. 18, ΣΥΝΓ W., ΣΥΓΓ M.
l. 19, ΠΟΛΕΙ W., ΠΟΛΕ[Ι] M.
iii.
l. 2, ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΥ lapis.
l. 3, ΤΕΧΝ[Ι] W., ΤΕΧΝΕ[Ι] M.
l. 4, ΤΗΝ W., ΤΩΝ M.; ΕΥΦΟΡΟΥ W., ΕΥΒΙΟΤΟΥ M.
l. 5, ]ΣΤΥΧ W., corrected to ΥΤΥΧ in transcription, ]ΤΥΧ M., ]Υ̣ΤΥΧ lapis; ΚΩΜΩΙΔ W., ΚΩΜΩΔ lapis.
l. 7, ΣΙΑΝ W., ΞΙΑΝ M.; we cannot determine decisive traces - - ΕΙΑΝ is also possible.
l. 8, ΛΛΟΦ W., ΑΛΟΦ M.; at end, ΕΙΣ W., ΕΝ M.; very unclear, even on the squeeze.
l. 9, ΤΑΙ W., ΑΙ M., ΥΤΑΙ lapis; ΑΘΡΟΟΝ M., ΑΙΙΟΟΝ W. At end, ΤΗΣΠΕ W., ΤΗΣΣ̣[ΥΝ] M., ΤΗΣΕΙ̣Ο̣ lapis.
1.10: ΑΙ, W., M.
l. 11, ΟΠΩ W., M.; ΠΡΟΣΔΕΠΑ .. Σ ..... ΗΓΟ W., ΠΡΟΣΘΗ ... ΝΕΙΝΑΙ ... ΝΗΓΟΡ R.; the reading of M. seems closest to what can be determined; at end, ΛΙΣ W., ΤΗΣ M.
l. 12, ΡΧΗ W., ΟΧΗ M.; ΑΣΙΑΣ W, ΑΞΙΑΣ M.; at end ΟΜ W., ΘΗ M.
l. 13, ΑΠΕΙ W., ΑΤΕΙ M.; Υ ... ΓΚΑΛ W., [ΠΡΟ]ςΚΑΛ R., ΠΡΟςΚΑΛ M.; ΛΙΩΝ W., ΛΙΩ[Ν] M.
l. 14, ΩΝ ... ΛΛΟ W., ΩΝΟΣΛΑΟ M.; ΚΩΜ .. W., ΚΩΜΩ M.
l. 15, At beginning Ε W., Σ M.
l.16 does not appear in Waddington's copy, and was first read from the MAMA squeeze; it seems to have been largely obliterated when the protruding area below the text was chipped away to prepare the block for reuse in the wall. Our readings of the squeeze do not differ significantly from those of Cormack.
Translation:
i. Summary: A decree in honour of Longianos (l.13) with a reference to public readings of his poetry (l.2) and to a copy of a decree in his honour sealed with a public seal (ll.25-6); perhaps the last is that mentioned in ii, which was almost certainly a decree of the people of Halicarnassus, in which case their name should perhaps be restored here (l.23). This might perhaps have been a covering document which accompanied ii; but the lack of alignment between the two texts suggests to me that they were probably not inscribed at the same time, and were therefore not so closely associated.
ii. [The Council and people ?of Halicarnassus honoured C. Julius Longianos since he had benefited them ...] and by the rest of his visit, and he also honoured and adorned us, and gave demonstrations of poems of every kind, by which he both delighted the older and improved the younger, and, pleased at all this, the People instructed that the appropriate honours be voted to him; it has been resolved that Gaius Julius Longianus function as a citizen among us without payment, being both a good man, and the best poet of our times, and be honoured with the other grants of citizenship and honours, the greatest that the laws permit, and with bronze statues which are to be put up both in the most notable places of the city and in the precinct of the Muses and in the gymnasium of the ephebes next to the ancient Herodotus; it has also been voted that there should be public presentation of his books in the libraries in our city, so that the young men may be educated in these also, in the same way as in the writings of the ancients; and, so that our goodwill and enthusiasm for their citizen should become clear to the People of our kinsfolk, the Aphrodisians, it has been resolved that a copy of this decree should be sent, by the hand of Julius himself, to the Aphrodisians, signed with the public seal, from which they too will learn both the way in which we regularly behave towards all educated men, and the honours with which we have honoured (Longianus) as someone quite outstanding.
iii. Decree of the sacred synod. [It was resolved by the sacred worldwide synod], under Dionysos and the emperor Traianus, [son] of the divine Caesar [Traianus Dacicus Parthicus], grandson of the [divine] Nerva, Hadrianus Caesar Augustus, new Dionysos, of performers [?crowned and sacred victors] and the associate-competitors; (resolution) introduced by Theophrastos Tryphon, son of Eubiotos, [comedian, of Laodicea, seconded by] Eutyches son of Eutyches, comedian, Asian victor, of Hierapolis. [Since Gaius Julius, ? son of Gaius, Longi]anos, a good and ?unrivalled tragic poet, a man [?worthy of] all regard and all [? - - ] not only adorning but also enhancing through his virtuous learning [?our association, - - ? his ] eloquence [?adorned with the] reputation of his natural genius, his unceasing goodwill and zeal [ - - ] so as to increase and enhance our synod, by which altogether [ - - ] and as an encouragement for future generations, honoured him with a painted likeness [ - to be put up in whatever] place in his homeland he himself may choose, and to be advocate, for his lifetime, of the [synod - ? e.g. since it is our wish] to reward men with the fitting honours; it was carried out [in the consulate of Marcus Gavius Squilla G]allicanus and Titus Atilius Rufus Titianus, six days before the calends of April; [?the president was Theophrastos] Tryphon [son of Eubiotos] also called Theophrastos Orion, of Laodicea, comedian; [ - - ] and gymnasiarch; the secretary was Aelius Claudius Diogenes [...the ...] was Apelles son of Chares, Aphrodisian, [...] End.
Commentary:
See bibliography.
Photographs:
- Face (1973)
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- Face (1973)
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