Ancient Greek Inscriptions

Letters in ligature:
2 ντων;
3 τωηγ, νε, ντ;
5 τηγ, μπρ, τη;
6 μητ;
7 ησ, με.
Apparatus:
The name of the provincial governor is given as Catius Celer in the older editions (Dumont, Kalinka), but, since in IGBulg 1375 the letter K is omitted and only ATIOY is present on the stone, Mihailov ‘s editorial decision was to separate the name as K. ATIOY, Quintus Atius. There are, however, several monuments where the legatus is attested as L. Catius, Λ. Κάτιος, and, thus, the initial reading is restored in all the inscriptions.
2Over the abbreviated praenomen Μ(άρκῳ) there is a curved line.
8The number of the miles is marked with a much larger letter.

The milestone is probably connected with a road station on the Via Diagonalis, attested in Roman itineraries as Lissae or Bona Mansio ("The Good Station").

It is uncertain from which point the distance of 3 miles is measured.

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

Kalinka, Ernst. Antike Denkmäler in Bulgarien. In: Schriften der Balkankommission. Antiquarische Abteilung Vol. IV, 1906.

Dumont, Albert. Dumont, Albert. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'épigraphie. , 1892.

Gerasimova, Vasilka. Hollenstein, Lorenz. Drei unpublizierte Meilensteine aus Bulgarien. In: Herzig, H. E. / Frei-Stolba, R. (eds.). Labor omnibus unus. Gerold Walser zum 70. Geburtstag dargebracht von Freunden, Kollegen und Schülern Vol. Historia Einzelschriften 60, 1989, p. 45-58.