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Monument III.904

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov.

Type of monument

base

Material

marble

Find place

Plovdiv, re-used in the apse of the church Old St. Petka

Origin

Philippopolis

Observed in

Institution and inventory

National Archaeological Institute with Museum
No 2619

Dimensions

height 14 cm, width 97 cm, depth 52 cm

Letter size

height 1.5 - 2 cm

Layout description

Upper part of a rectangular statue base; inscription on the front; epigraphic field within a frame.

Decoration description

The frame around the epigraphic field is decorated with Lesbian cyma.

Text

Category of inscription

honorary inscription for emperor - prose

Date

AD 161-169, 177-180 or 211

Dating criteria

titulature

Text

(vac.) Ἀγαθῇ (vac.) τύχῃ.(vac.)
Ὑπὲρ τῆς τῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων νίκης καὶ αἰωνίου διαμονῆς Μ(άρκου) Αὐ-
[ρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου καί ------]

vacat AΓΑΘH vacat ΤYΧH vacat
YΠEΡΤHΣΤΩNΑYΤΟΚΡΑΤOΡΩNNI..ΣΚΑIΑIΩN..ΥΔΙΑMΟNHΣMΑY
ΡΗΛIΟΥANΤΩNΕINΟΥΚΑI------

To Good Fortune! For the victory and eternal permanence of the emperors Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and ...

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Pleiades

List: Pl

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

Ἀγαθῇ

lemma: ἀγαθός
tag: w

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

τύχῃ

lemma: τύχη
tag: w

tag: #text

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

Ὑπὲρ

lemma: ὑπέρ
tag: w

τῆς

tag: w

τῶν

tag: w

Αὐτοκρατόρων

lemma: αὐτοκράτωρ
tag: w

νίκης

lemma: νίκη
tag: w

νί

tag: #text

κη

tag: unclear

tag: #text

καὶ

tag: w

αἰωνίου

lemma: αἰώνιος
tag: w

αἰων

tag: #text

ίο

tag: unclear

tag: #text

διαμονῆς

lemma: διαμονή
tag: w

Μάρκου Αὐ ρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου

type: emperor
ref: MarcusAurelius
tag: persName

Μάρκου

tag: name

Αὐ ρηλίου

tag: name

Αὐ

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

ρηλίου

tag: supplied

Ἀντωνείνου

tag: supplied

καί

tag: supplied

< GAP >

extent: unknown
unit: line

 
<ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <w lemma="ἀγαθός">Ἀγαθῇ</w> <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> <w lemma="τύχη">τύχῃ</w>.<space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                    <lb n="2"/><w lemma="ὑπέρ">Ὑπὲρ</w> <w>τῆς</w> <w>τῶν</w> <w lemma="αὐτοκράτωρ">Αὐτοκρατόρων</w> <w lemma="νίκη">νί<unclear>κη</unclear>ς</w> 
                    <w>καὶ</w> <w lemma="αἰώνιος">αἰων<unclear>ίο</unclear>υ</w> <w lemma="διαμονή">διαμονῆς</w> <persName type="emperor" ref="listemperors.xml#MarcusAurelius">
                        <name><expan><abbr>Μ</abbr><ex>άρκου</ex></expan></name> <name>Αὐ
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/><supplied>ρηλίου</supplied></name> <supplied><name>Ἀντωνείνου</name></supplied></persName> <supplied><w>καί</w></supplied> <gap extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
                </ab>

Apparatus

Apparatus:
The text of the inscription is compared with the edition of Mihailov through personal observation by N. Sharankov.
2 The first letter in l. 2 Υ (in ὑπέρ) and the initial letter of the emperor's name Μ are much larger.

Commentary

The inscription honours two emperors, the first of them being a Marcus Aurelius. This could point to the joint rules of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 161-169); Marcus Aurelius and Commodus (AD 177-180); or Caracalla (official name Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) and Geta (AD 211).

As suggested by G. Mihailov, this fragment is seemingly the surviving upper part of the lost inscription IGBulg 902, which was observed in the same church (Old St. Petka) and had an identical beginning. If that identification is accepted, the date of the inscription must be set to AD 164-165/6.

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