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Altar for Hera by Zethus, agent of the thracarch Eustochius Celer

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Monument III.1537

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov, Nicolay Sharankov.

Type of monument

altar

Material

limestone

Find place

Bratya Daskalovi

Origin

Found around Bratya Daskalovi. The coordinates are approximate.

Observed in

Institution and inventory

National Archaeological Institute with Museum
No 6738

Dimensions

height 102 cm, width 35 cm, depth 35 cm

Letter size

height 2.3 - 3 cm

Layout description

Rectangular altar, moulded above and below. Inscription on the front side. The first line is on the upper moulding.

Decoration description

Text

Category of inscription

private dedicatory inscription - prose

Date

AD 247 - 249 or later

Dating criteria

office, prosopography

Images

Text

Ἀγαθῆι (vac.) τύχηι
Ζῆθος πραγματευ-
τὴς Εὐστοχίου Κέλε-
ρος θρᾳκάρχου καὶ
5 Κλ(αυδίας) Ἀντίας Ἀσκληπιο-
δότης κυρίᾳ Ἥρᾳ εὐξά-
μενος ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τῆς σωτη[ρί]-
ας σὺν ἑαυτῷ βωμὸν σ[ὺν]
κανκέλλῳ κατεσκεύα-
10σεν ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων.
Εὐτυχῶς.

AΓΑΘHΙ vacat ΤYΧΗΙ
ΖHΘΟΣΠΡΑΓMΑΤΕΥ
ΤHΣΕYΣΤΟΧIΟΥΚEΛΕ
.ΟΣΘΡAΚAΡΧΟΥΚΑI
5ΚΛANΤIΑΣAΣΚΛΗΠΙΟ
ΔOΤΗΣΚΥΡIAHΡAΕYΞ.
MΕNΟΣYΠEΡΑYΤΩNΤHΣΣΩΤΗΡI
ΑΣΣYNEΑΥΤΩΒΩMONΣYN
ΚΑNΚEΛΛΩΚΑΤΕΣΚΕYΑ
10ΣΕNEΚΤΩNIΔIΩN
ΕYΤΥΧΩΣ

To Good Fortune! Zethos, agent of the thracarch Eustochius Celer and of Claudia Antia Asclepiodote,
after having prayed for their safety as well as for his own,
made for Lady Hera this altar together with the enclosure, at his own expense. May it be fortunate!

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Geonames

List: BratyaDaskalovi

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Ἀγαθῆι

lemma: ἀγαθός
tag: w

extent: unknown
tag: space

τύχηι

lemma: τύχη
tag: w

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

Ζῆθος

type: official
ref: AT020
nymRef: Ζῆθος
tag: persName

Ζῆθος

nymRef: Ζῆθος
ref: Zethus
tag: name

πραγματευ τὴς

lemma: πραγματευτής
tag: w

πραγματευ

tag: #text

⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb

τὴς

tag: #text

Εὐστοχίου Κέλε ρος

type: attested
ref: AT027
nymRef: Εὐστόχιος Κέλερ
tag: persName

Εὐστοχίου

ref: Eustochius
nymRef: Εὐστόχιος
type: cognomen
tag: name

Κέλε ρος

nymRef: Κέλερ
ref: Celer
type: cognomen
tag: name

Κέλε

tag: #text

⤦ n: 4

break: no
tag: lb

tag: unclear

ος

tag: #text

θρᾳκάρχου

lemma: θρᾳκάρχης
tag: w

καὶ

tag: w

⤦ n: 5

tag: lb

Κλαυδίας Ἀντίας Ἀσκληπιο δότης

nymRef: Κλαυδία Ἀντία Ἀσκληπιοδότη
tag: persName

Κλαυδίας

ref: Claudia
nymRef: Κλαυδία
type: gentilicium
tag: name

Ἀντίας

nymRef: Ἀντία
ref: Antia
type: gentilicium
tag: name

Ἀσκληπιο δότης

ref: Asclepiodote
nymRef: Ἀσκληπιοδότη
type: cognomen
tag: name

Ἀσκληπιο

tag: #text

⤦ n: 6

break: no
tag: lb

δότης

tag: #text

κυρίᾳ

lemma: κύριος
tag: w

Ἥρᾳ

type: divine
ref: Hera
nymRef: Ἥρα
tag: persName

εὐξά μενος

lemma: εὔχομαι
tag: w

εὐξ

tag: #text

tag: unclear

⤦ n: 7

break: no
tag: lb

μενος

tag: #text

ὑπὲρ

lemma: ὑπέρ
tag: w

αὐτῶν

lemma: αὐτός
tag: w

τῆς

tag: w

σωτηρί ας

lemma: σωτηρία
tag: w

σωτη

tag: #text

ρί

tag: supplied

⤦ n: 8

break: no
tag: lb

ας

tag: #text

σὺν

lemma: σύν
tag: w

ἑαυτῷ

lemma: ἑαυτοῦ
tag: w

βωμὸν

lemma: βωμός
tag: w

σὺν

lemma: σύν
tag: w

tag: #text

ὺν

tag: supplied

⤦ n: 9

tag: lb

κανκέλλῳ

lemma: κάγκελλος
tag: w

κατεσκεύα σεν

lemma: κατασκευάζω
tag: w

κατεσκεύα

tag: #text

⤦ n: 10

break: no
tag: lb

σεν

tag: #text

ἐκ

lemma: ἐκ
tag: w

τῶν

tag: w

ἰδίων

lemma: ἴδιος
tag: w

tag: #text

⤦ n: 11

tag: lb

Εὐτυχῶς

lemma: εὐτυχῶς
tag: w

tag: #text

 
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                    <lb n="1"/><w lemma="ἀγαθός">Ἀγαθῆι</w> <space extent="unknown"/> <w lemma="τύχη">τύχηι</w>
                    <lb n="2"/> <persName type="official" ref="listeOfficials.xml#AT020" nymRef="Ζῆθος"> <name nymRef="Ζῆθος" ref="Onom.xml#Zethus">Ζῆθος</name> </persName> <w lemma="πραγματευτής">πραγματευ
                    <lb n="3" break="no"/>τὴς</w> <persName type="attested" ref="listPers.xml#AT027" nymRef="Εὐστόχιος Κέλερ"><name ref="Onom.xml#Eustochius" nymRef="Εὐστόχιος" type="cognomen">Εὐστοχίου</name> 
                        <name nymRef="Κέλερ" ref="Onom.xml#Celer" type="cognomen">Κέλε
                     <lb n="4" break="no"/><unclear>ρ</unclear>ος</name></persName> <w lemma="θρᾳκάρχης">θρᾳκάρχου</w> <w>καὶ</w>
                    <lb n="5"/> <persName nymRef="Κλαυδία Ἀντία Ἀσκληπιοδότη"> <name ref="Onom.xml#Claudia" nymRef="Κλαυδία" type="gentilicium"><expan><abbr>Κλ</abbr><ex>αυδίας</ex></expan></name> <name nymRef="Ἀντία" ref="Onom.xml#Antia" type="gentilicium">Ἀντίας</name> <name ref="Onom.xml#Asclepiodote" nymRef="Ἀσκληπιοδότη" type="cognomen">Ἀσκληπιο
                    <lb n="6" break="no"/>δότης</name></persName> <w lemma="κύριος">κυρίᾳ</w> 
                    <persName type="divine" ref="listDivine.xml#Hera" nymRef="Ἥρα">Ἥρᾳ</persName> <w lemma="εὔχομαι">εὐξ<unclear>ά</unclear>
                    <lb n="7" break="no"/>μενος</w> <w lemma="ὑπέρ">ὑπὲρ</w> <w lemma="αὐτός">αὐτῶν</w> <w>τῆς</w> <w lemma="σωτηρία">σωτη<supplied>ρί</supplied>
                    <lb n="8" break="no"/>ας</w> <w lemma="σύν">σὺν</w> <w lemma="ἑαυτοῦ">ἑαυτῷ</w> <w lemma="βωμός">βωμὸν</w> <w lemma="σύν">σ<supplied>ὺν</supplied></w>
                    <lb n="9"/> <w lemma="κάγκελλος">κανκέλλῳ</w> <w lemma="κατασκευάζω">κατεσκεύα
                    <lb n="10" break="no"/>σεν</w> <w lemma="ἐκ">ἐκ</w> <w>τῶν</w> <w lemma="ἴδιος">ἰδίων</w>.
                     <lb n="11"/>     <w lemma="εὐτυχῶς">Εὐτυχῶς</w>.
        </ab>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:
2 πρ;
3 τησ, ου;
4 ου;
5 ντ, ηπ;
6 της, ηρ;
7 με, οσ, πε, τωντης, ωτη;
8 νε, τωβ, ωμ;
9 νκ, ωκ, τε;
10 νε, των, ων (ἰδίων);
11 ως.
Apparatus
Rectangular sigma and angular omega.
11ΕΥΤΥΧΩΣ on l. 11 is written with inclined letters

Commentary

The text of the inscription follows the edition of Mihailov and is rendered with some changes after a comparison through personal observation by N. Sharankov.

Zethus bears one name and is probably a slave of Eustochius Celer (for the latter, see the commentary on IGBulg 1449).

Celer’s wife has Roman citizenship and has two Roman praenomina, Claudia and Antia, as well as a Greek cognomen, Asclepiodote. She belongs to the noble family of the Antii from Pautalia (modern Kyustendil) attested in IGBulg 2050; IGBulg 2053; IGBulg 2068; AE 2006, 1254.

The word κάνκελλος on l. 9 is the Latin term "cancellus" signifying an enclosure around the altar.

Bibliography

Mihailov, Georgius. Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria repertae. Vol. III.2, 1964.

Sharankov, Nicolay. Notes on Greek Inscriptions from Bulgaria. In: Studia Classica Serdicensia Vol. V, 2016, p. 305-361, Vol.. 329, .

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