Ancient Greek Inscriptions

Letters in ligature:
3 ου;
6 ου (τούτου);
7 νκ, ησ;
9 ου.
Apparatus:
The text of the inscription is compared to the edition of Mihailov through personal observation by N. Sharankov.
1 The initial A on l. 1 is larger.
Some letters are attested in the monument in several different shapes: three different types of epsilon and sigma, two types of mu, upsilon, omega.
2 L. 2 is an addition to Αὐρ(ηλία) Χρυσηῒς Πρόκλου written later with smaller letters in the space between l. 1 and l. 3.
1 There’s a curved line over the abbreviated nomen Αὐρ(ήλιος) on l. 1.

All three persons mentioned in the inscriptions were granted Roman citizenship and received the nomen Aurelius through the Edict of Emperor Caracalla of AD 212 for giving Roman citizenship to all free subjects of the Roman Empire. Their original names, which became their cognomina, are of Greek origin. Besides his two official names, Aurelius Pyrrhus bears also the nickname Taurus ("Bull").

It is worth noting the use of the word κοιμητήριον (cemetery), a deverbative of κοιμάω (to sleep, rest), which became common after the spread of Christianity.

Ἀνεξοδίαστον is a formula typical for the inscriptions in Bithynia and was probably brought to Philippopolis from there. (See also IGBulg 992).

Two fines of equal amount were provided - one for the city and another for the imperial treasury. The latter was identified through the epithet "sacred" (ἱερὸν ταμεῖον), which was used for the official institutions in the Roman imperial period.

Mihailov, Georgius. Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria repertae. Vol. III.1, 1961.