Telamon

Monument III.953

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov, Nicolay Sharankov.

Type of monument

plate

Material

marble

Find place

Plovdiv, to the South of the city, Bozukova Mandra locality.

Origin

Philippopolis

Observed in

Institution and inventory

Regional Archaeological Museum - Plovdiv
No 3952

Dimensions

height 12 cm, width 18 cm, depth 25 cm

Letter size

height 0.8 cm

Layout description

Lower part of a votive plate; inscription on the lower frame below the relief.

Decoration description

Relief with a depiction of a horseman riding to the right, only the horse without the head and the right leg of the horseman are preserved.

Text

Category of inscription

private dedicatory inscription - prose

Date

Mid-II – beginning of III c. AD

Dating criteria

lettering, onomastics

Text

Λον⸢γ⸣εῖνος Κοτυο{τυο}ς
θεῷ Πλούτωνι κατ’ εὐχ-
ὴν δῶρον.

ΛΟNΤΕINΟΣΚΟΤΥΟΤΥΟΣ
ΘΕ.ΠΛΟYΤΩNΙΚΑΤΕYΧ
HNΔΩΡΟN

Longinus, son of Cotys, (dedicated this) to God Pluto fulfilling his vow.

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Geonames

Pleiades

List: Pl

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Λονγτεῖνος Κοτυοτυος

nymRef: Λονγεῖνος Κοτυος
tag: persName

Λονγτεῖνος

ref: Longinus
nymRef: Λονγεῖνος
tag: name

Λον

tag: #text

γτ

tag: choice

tag: corr

tag: sic

εῖνος

tag: #text

Κοτυοτυος

ref: Cotys
nymRef: Κοτυς
tag: name

Κοτυο

tag: #text

τυο

tag: surplus

tag: #text

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

θεῷ

lemma: θεός
tag: w

θε

tag: #text

ῷ

tag: unclear

Πλούτωνι

type: divine
ref: Pluto
tag: persName

κατ’

lemma: κατά
tag: w

εὐχ ὴν

lemma: εὐχή
tag: w

εὐχ

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

ὴν

tag: #text

δῶρον

lemma: δῶρον
tag: w

tag: #text

 
<ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><persName nymRef="Λονγεῖνος Κοτυος"><name ref="Onom.xml#Longinus" nymRef="Λονγεῖνος">Λον<choice><corr>γ</corr><sic>τ</sic></choice>εῖνος</name> 
                        <name ref="Onom.xml#Cotys" nymRef="Κοτυς">Κοτυο<surplus>τυο</surplus>ς</name></persName>
                    <lb n="2"/><w lemma="θεός">θε<unclear>ῷ</unclear></w>
                    <persName type="divine" ref="listDivine.xml#Pluto">Πλούτωνι</persName> <w lemma="κατά">κατ’</w> <w lemma="εὐχή">εὐχ
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/>ὴν</w> <w lemma="δῶρον">δῶρον</w>.
                </ab>

Apparatus

Apparatus:
The text of the inscription is given according to the edition of Mihailov after a comparison through personal observation by N. Sharankov.
Lunar sigma, epsilon and omega.
1The name of the dedicant is rendered as ΛΟΝΤΕΙΝΟC on the stone.
1The patronymic of the dedicant is written with dittography as ΚΟΤΥΟΤΥΟC.
2The initial lettering was ΘΕΟΥ which was later corrected to ΘΕW.

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Dedication to Pluto by Longinus son of Cotys

Monument III.953

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