Telamon

Boundary marker for the village of Bendipara, erected by the provincial administration

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Monument III.1455

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov.

Type of monument

slab

Material

syenite

Find place

Stroevo

Origin

Bendipara

Observed in

Exhibited in the yard of the National Historical Museum in Sofia.

Institution and inventory

Regional Archaeological Museum - Plovdiv
No —

Dimensions

height 170 cm, width 60 cm, depth 17-41 cm

Letter size

height 4-7 cm

Layout description

Roughly cut slab with inscription in the upper part.

Decoration description

Text

Category of inscription

boundary marker

Date

AD 211-212

Dating criteria

reign, prosopography

Images

Text

Κατὰ θεῖαν
ἀπόφασιν τε-
θέντες ὑπὸ Κ(οΐντου)
Ἀτρίου Κλονί-
5ου πρεσβ(ευτοῦ) Σεββ(αστῶν)
ἀντιστρ(ατήγου) ((·)) διὰ
Μουκίου Οὐή-
ρου ((·)) ὅροι (vac.)
ἀγροῦ Βενδι-
10 (vac.) παρων (vac.).

ΚΑΤAΘΕIΑN
AΠOΦΑΣΙNΤΕ
ΘENΤΕΣYΠOΚ
AΤΡIΟΥΚΛΟNI
5ΟΥΠΡΕΣΒΣΕΒΒ
ANΤΙΣΤΡ · ΔΙA
MΟΥΚIΟΥΟYH
ΡΟΥ · OΡΟΙ vacat
AΓΡΟYΒΕNΔΙ
10 vacat ΠΑΡΩN vacat

By divine [= imperial] order, the borders of the territory of Bendipara were defined by Quintus Atrius Clonius, propraetorian legate of the two Augusti, through Mucius Verus.

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Geonames

List: Stroevo

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Κατὰ

lemma: κατά
tag: w

θεῖαν

lemma: θεῖος
tag: w

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

ἀπόφασιν

lemma: ἀπόφασις
tag: w

τε θέντες

lemma: τίθημι
tag: w

τε

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

θέντες

tag: #text

ὑπὸ

lemma: ὑπό
tag: w

Κοΐντου Ἀτρίου Κλονί ου

type: official
ref: Atrius
nymRef: Κόιντος Ἄτριος Κλόνιος
tag: persName

Κοΐντου

ref: Quintus
nymRef: Κόιντος
type: praenomen
tag: name

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

Ἀτρίου

ref: Atrius
nymRef: Ἄτριος
type: gentilicium
tag: name

Κλονί ου

ref: Clonius
nymRef: Κλόνιος
type: cognomen
tag: name

Κλονί

tag: #text

⤦ n: 5

break: no
tag: lb

ου

tag: #text

πρεσβευτοῦ

lemma: πρεσβευτής
tag: w

Σεββαστῶν

lemma: σεβαστός
tag: w

⤦ n: 6

tag: lb

ἀντιστρατήγου

lemma: ἀντιστράτηγος
tag: w

type: dot
tag: g

διὰ

lemma: διά
tag: w

⤦ n: 7

tag: lb

Μουκίου Οὐή ρου

nymRef: Μούκιος Οὐῆρος
type: official
ref: Mucius
tag: persName

Μουκίου

ref: Mucius
nymRef: Μούκιος
type: gentilicium
tag: name

Οὐή ρου

ref: Verus
nymRef: Οὐῆρος
type: cognomen
tag: name

Οὐή

tag: #text

⤦ n: 8

break: no
tag: lb

ρου

tag: #text

type: dot
tag: g

ὅροι

lemma: ὅρος
tag: w

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

⤦ n: 9

tag: lb

ἀγροῦ

lemma: ἀγρός
tag: w

Βενδι παρων

ref: Bendipara
tag: placeName

Βενδι

tag: #text

⤦ n: 10

break: no
tag: lb

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

παρων

tag: #text

extent: unknown
unit: character
tag: space

tag: #text

 
<ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><w lemma="κατά">Κατὰ</w> <w lemma="θεῖος">θεῖαν</w>
                    <lb n="2"/><w lemma="ἀπόφασις">ἀπόφασιν</w> <w lemma="τίθημι">τε
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/>θέντες</w> <w lemma="ὑπό">ὑπὸ</w> <persName type="official" ref="listemperors.xml#Atrius" nymRef="Κόιντος Ἄτριος Κλόνιος"><name ref="Onom.xml#Quintus" nymRef="Κόιντος" type="praenomen"><expan><abbr><hi rend="supraline">Κ</hi></abbr><ex>οΐντου</ex></expan></name>
                    <lb n="4"/><name ref="Onom.xml#Atrius" nymRef="Ἄτριος" type="gentilicium">Ἀτρίου</name> <name ref="Onom.xml#Clonius" nymRef="Κλόνιος" type="cognomen">Κλονί
                    <lb n="5" break="no"/>ου</name></persName> <w lemma="πρεσβευτής"><expan><abbr>πρεσ<hi rend="supraline">β</hi></abbr><ex>ευτοῦ</ex></expan></w> <w lemma="σεβαστός"><expan><abbr>Σε<hi rend="supraline">β</hi><am><hi rend="supraline">β</hi></am></abbr><ex>αστῶν</ex></expan></w>
                    <lb n="6"/><w lemma="ἀντιστράτηγος"><expan><abbr>ἀντισ<hi rend="supraline">τ</hi>ρ</abbr><ex>ατήγου</ex></expan></w> <g type="dot"/> <w lemma="διά">διὰ</w>
                    <lb n="7"/><persName nymRef="Μούκιος Οὐῆρος" type="official" ref="listemperors.xml#Mucius"><name ref="Onom.xml#Mucius" nymRef="Μούκιος" type="gentilicium">Μουκίου</name> <name ref="Onom.xml#Verus" nymRef="Οὐῆρος" type="cognomen">Οὐή
                    <lb n="8" break="no"/>ρου</name></persName> <g type="dot"/> <w lemma="ὅρος">ὅροι</w> <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                    <lb n="9"/><w lemma="ἀγρός">ἀγροῦ</w> <placeName ref="listPlaces.xml#Bendipara">Βενδι
                    <lb n="10" break="no"/> <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/> παρων <space extent="unknown" unit="character"/></placeName>.

                </ab>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:
2 τε;
3 ητ.
Apparatus:
The text of the inscription is given according to the edition of Mihailov after a comparison through personal observation by N. Sharankov.
Lunar epsilon, sigma and omega.
3; 5; 6The following abbreviations are marked with lines above the letters: Κ(οΐντου) on l. 3, πρεσβ(ευτοῦ) on l. 5 (above the B), Σεββ(αστῶν) on l. 5 (above each B), ἀντιστρ(ατήγου) on l. 6 (above T).

Commentary

Κατὰ θεῖαν ἀπόφασιν rеnders the Latin formula "ex auctoritate imperatoris".

Quintus Atrius Clonius was governor of Thrace under Emperor Caracalla. In the inscription, he is legate of two emperors, which sets the date during the joint reign of Caracalla and Geta (AD 211-212).

The office of Publius Mucius Verus not mentioned here was censitor provinciae Thraciae; it is attested in an honorary inscription for him from Albenga in Italy (CIL V 7784).

The name of the village of Βενδι-παρα (neuter plural) is a Thracian compound; its first element is seemingly related to the name of the goddess Bendis. Two other boundary stones with identical texts have been found (IGBulg 1472 and IGBulg 5534).

Bibliography

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

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