Honorary inscription for the phylarch Aemilius Bithys by the village community of Eitriza

Monument III.1474

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov.

Type of monument

stele

Material

limestone

Find place

Hissar, re-used in the foundations of the Western Gate of the Late Antique fortifications

Observed in

Origin

around Hissar, re-used in the foundations of the Western Gate of the Late Antique fortifications

Dimensions

height 97 cm, width 60 cm, depth 29 cm

Institution and inventory

National Archaeological Institute with Museum
No 1150

Letter size

height 3-4 cm

Layout description

stele with pediment and acroteria; the epigraphic field is within a relief frame

Decoration description

Text

Category of inscription

honorary inscription for local magistrate - prose

Date

III c. AD

Dating criteria

lettering

Images

Text

Ἀγαθῆι τύχηι
κωμαρχίας Ει-
τριζηνης.
κωμῆται Ε⸢ιτ⸣ρι-
5ζηνοι καὶ κω-
μῆται Γειζαγη-
ρηνοι καὶ κω-
μῆται Βδεκυ-
ρηνοι εὐχαρι-
10στοῦσιν Αἰμιλί-
ῳ Βειθυϊ φυλαρ-
χήσαντι κατὰ
τοὺς νόμους
ἁγνῶς καὶ δ[ι]-
15καίω[ς ---]

AΓΑΘHΙΤYΧΗΙ
ΚΩMΑΡΧIΑΣΕΙ
ΤΡΙΖΗNΗΣ
ΚΩMHΤΑΙΕΠΡΡΙ
5ΖΗNΟΙΚΑIΚΩ
MHΤΑΙΓΕΙΖΑΓΗ
ΡΗNΟΙΚΑIΚΩ
MHΤΑΙΒΔΕΚΥ
ΡΗNΟΙΕYΧΑΡΙ
10ΣΤΟYΣΙNΑIMΙΛI
ΩΒΕΙΘΥIΦΥΛΑΡ
ΧHΣΑNΤΙΚΑΤA
ΤΟYΣNOMΟΥΣ
AΓNΩΣΚΑIΔ[.]
15....[.]---

Text

To the Good Fortune of the rural district of Eitriza. The villagers of Eitriza, the villagers of Geizagera, and the villagers of Bdecyra express their gratitude to Aemilius Bithys, who performed the office of phylarch according to the laws, honourably and justly...

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Geonames

Pleiades

List: Hissar

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Ἀγαθῆι

lemma: ἀγαθός
tag: w

τύχηι

lemma: τύχη
tag: w

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

κωμαρχίας

lemma: κωμαρχία
tag: w

Ει τριζηνης

ref: Eitrizene
tag: placeName

Ει

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

τριζηνης

tag: #text

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

κωμῆται

lemma: κωμήτης
tag: w

Ειτπρρι ζηνοι

type: ethnic,unattested
tag: placeName

tag: #text

ιτπρ

tag: choice

ιτ

tag: corr

πρ

tag: sic

ρι

tag: #text

⤦ n: 5

break: no
tag: lb

ζηνοι

tag: #text

καὶ

tag: w

κω μῆται

lemma: κωμήτης
tag: w

κω

tag: #text

⤦ n: 6

break: no
tag: lb

μῆται

tag: #text

Γειζαγη ρηνοι

type: ethnic,unattested
ref: Geizagera
tag: placeName

Γειζαγη

tag: #text

⤦ n: 7

break: no
tag: lb

ρηνοι

tag: #text

καὶ

tag: w

κω μῆται

lemma: κωμήτης
tag: w

κω

tag: #text

⤦ n: 8

break: no
tag: lb

μῆται

tag: #text

Βδεκυ ρηνοι

type: ethnic,unattested
ref: Bdekura
tag: placeName

Βδεκυ

tag: #text

⤦ n: 9

break: no
tag: lb

ρηνοι

tag: #text

εὐχαρι στοῦσιν

lemma: εὐχαριστέω
tag: w

εὐχαρι

tag: #text

⤦ n: 10

break: no
tag: lb

στοῦσιν

tag: #text

Αἰμιλί ῳ Βειθυϊ

ref: AT028
type: official
nymRef: Αἰμίλιος Βειθυς
tag: persName

Αἰμιλί ῳ

ref: Aemilius
nymRef: Αἰμίλιος
type: gentilicium
tag: name

Αἰμιλί

tag: #text

⤦ n: 11

break: no
tag: lb

ῳ

tag: #text

Βειθυϊ

nymRef: Βειθυς
ref: Beithus
type: cognomen
tag: name

φυλαρ χήσαντι

lemma: φυλαρχέω
tag: w

φυλαρ

tag: #text

⤦ n: 12

break: no
tag: lb

χήσαντι

tag: #text

κατὰ

lemma: κατά
tag: w

⤦ n: 13

tag: lb

τοὺς

tag: w

νόμους

lemma: νόμος
tag: w

⤦ n: 14

tag: lb

ἁγνῶς

lemma: ἁγνῶς
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

δι καίως

lemma: δικαίως
tag: w

tag: #text

tag: supplied

⤦ n: 15

break: no
tag: lb

καίω

tag: unclear

tag: supplied

< GAP >

extent: unknown
unit: character

 
<ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><w lemma="ἀγαθός">Ἀγαθῆι</w>
                                      <w lemma="τύχη">τύχηι</w>
                    <lb n="2"/> <w lemma="κωμαρχία">κωμαρχίας</w>  <placeName ref="listPlaces.xml#Eitrizene"> Ει
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/>τριζηνης</placeName>.
                    <lb n="4"/> <w lemma="κωμήτης ">κωμῆται</w> <placeName type="ethnic,unattested">Ε<choice><corr>ιτ</corr><sic>πρ</sic></choice>ρι
                    <lb n="5" break="no"/>ζηνοι</placeName> <w>καὶ</w> <w lemma="κωμήτης ">κω
                    <lb n="6" break="no"/>μῆται</w> <placeName type="ethnic,unattested" ref="listPlaces.xml#Geizagera">Γειζαγη
                    <lb n="7" break="no"/>ρηνοι</placeName> <w>καὶ</w> <w lemma="κωμήτης ">κω
                    <lb n="8" break="no"/>μῆται</w> <placeName type="ethnic,unattested" ref="listPlaces.xml#Bdekura">Βδεκυ
                    <lb n="9" break="no"/>ρηνοι</placeName> <w lemma="εὐχαριστέω">εὐχαρι
                    <lb n="10" break="no"/>στοῦσιν</w> <persName ref="listeOfficials.xml#AT028" type="official" nymRef="Αἰμίλιος Βειθυς"> <name ref="Onom.xml#Aemilius" nymRef="Αἰμίλιος" type="gentilicium">Αἰμιλί
                    <lb n="11" break="no"/>ῳ</name> <name nymRef="Βειθυς" ref="Onom.xml#Beithus" type="cognomen">Βειθυϊ</name> </persName> <w lemma="φυλαρχέω">φυλαρ
                    <lb n="12" break="no"/>χήσαντι</w> <w lemma="κατά">κατὰ</w>
                    <lb n="13"/> <w>τοὺς</w> <w lemma="νόμος">νόμους</w>
                    <lb n="14"/> <w lemma="ἁγνῶς">ἁγνῶς</w> <w>καὶ</w> <w lemma="δικαίως">δ<supplied>ι</supplied>
                    <lb n="15" break="no"/><unclear>καίω</unclear><supplied>ς</supplied></w> <gap extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
                  </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.
4-5The stone reads ΕΠΡΙ/ΖΗΝΟΙ instead of ΕΙΤΡΙ-, compare the rendition of the name on lines 2-3.

Commentary

The phylarch was a Roman citizen, his name consists of a Roman nomen and a Thracian cognomen.

The three villages mentioned bear Thracian names. They were organized in a rural community (komarchia) named after the main village. In the inscription, the names are represented by ethnics derived by the usual suffix -ηνός.

There is one more inscription from Hissar dedicated by rural communities to a phylarch - IGBulg 1473.

Bibliography

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

Dobruský, Václav. Materials. In: Сборник за народни умотворения, наука и книжнина Vol. XIII, 1896, p. 398-442.

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