13. Honorary inscription for Caracalla

Description

• Monument: base, ornamented above; limestone
• Dimensions: 1.80 × 0.70 × 0.55
• Text: on the front
• Letters: 0.04 – 0.05
• Date: 196-217 AD
• Found: Stara Zagora (Augusta Traiana)
• Now: Sofia, Archaeological museum, inv. no. 3577
• Text Category: official, honorary

Publication

• Bibliography: G. Mihailov, Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria repertae, vol. III, 2, Serdicae, 1964, no. 1557.
• Editorial: The text was encoded following the edition of Mihailov without any additional corrections.
• Publisher: Text by N. Sharankov.

Text

Ἀντωνεῖν[ον]. Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι. Τὴν ἀνάστασιν κατὰ δόγμα βου- λῆς καὶ δήμου Τραι- 5 ανέων ἐπὶ συναρχί- ας Αὐρ(ηλίου) Δημητρίου Απ- φου καὶ ἐπιμελουμέ- νου τῆς ἀναστάσε- ως αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν τῆς 10 πόλεως.

Translation

[Statue of] Antoninus. Good luck! The erection of the statues [was done] according to a decree of the Council and the People of [Augusta] Traiana, in the archonship of Aurelius Demetrius, son of Apphus, who was also in charge of the erection [of the statues] at the expense of the city.

[Статуя на] Антонин. На добър час! Издигането на статуите [стана] по решение на Съвета и Народното събрание на траянците, при архонтството на Аврелий Деметрий, син на Апфос, като той отговаряше и за издигането [на статуите], на разноски на града.

Apparatus

Ligatures: l. 3: ΗΝ; l. 4: ΟΥ; l. 5: ΗΣ, ΗΜ, ΟΥ, ΤΡ; l. 6: ΝΕ, ΩΝΕ; l. 7: ΔΗΜΗ, ΤΡ; l. 8: ΜΕ; l. 9: ΤΗΣ; l. 10: ΩΣ, ΤΗΣ; l. 11: ΩΣ. L. 2: larger iota in ΑΓΑΘΗΙ and ΤΥΧΗΙ; l. 6: smaller iotas and upsilon; l. 7: smaller upsilon in ΑΥΡ; l. 8: smaller iota; l. 9: smaller epsilon; l. 11: smaller omicron and epsilon.

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Commentary

Caracalla received the name Antoninus in 196 AD. The statue could have been erected under his father Septimius Severus (until 211 AD) or under Caracalla’s own rule (211-217 AD). Similar text on another statue base from Augusta Traiana, erected under the charge of the first archon Aur. Demetrius, IGBulg III, 2, no. 1556; Demetrius is attested as first archon in one more inscription, a statue base for Iulia Domna, erected by the city, IGBulg III, 2, no. 1558. Mihailov supposes these statues could have been erected on the occasion of an imperial visit in Thrace in 196, 202 or 214 AD. The patronymic of the first archon, Apphus, is typical for Asia Minor.

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