Ancient Greek Inscriptions

from Bulgaria

project of

Sofia University
„Kliment Ohridski“

Monument III.1558

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov, Nicolay Sharankov.

Type of monument

base

Material

unknown

Find place

Kovach

Origin

Augusta Traiana

Observed in

copied by At. Iliev in 1881, now lost.

Institution and inventory

—
No —

Dimensions

Letter size

height cm

Layout description

Decoration description

Text

Category of inscription

honorary inscription for an emperor - prose

Date

AD 196 - 217, probably after AD 212

Dating criteria

reign, onomastics

Text

Ἀγαθῆι τύχη[ι].
⸢Μη⸣τέρα κάστρων Ἰου(λίαν) Δόμναν
σεβ(αστὴν) ((·)) ἡ π{τ}όλις ἐπὶ συ⸢ν⸣αρχίας Α[ὐρ(ηλίου)]
Δημητρίου Απφου. Εὐτυχῶς.

AΓΑΘHΙΤYΧΗ[Ι]
ΠΤEΡΑΚAΣΤΡΩNIΟΥΔOMNΑN
ΣΕΒ · HΠΤOΛΙΣEΠIΣΥΛΙΑΡΧIΑΣΑYΡ
ΔΗMΗΤΡIΟΥΑΠΦΟΥΕYΤΥΧΩΣ

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Geonames

List: Kovach

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Ἀγαθῆι

lemma: ἀγαθός
tag: w

τύχη[ι]

lemma: τύχη
tag: w

tag: #text

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

ΜηΠτέρα

lemma: μήτηρ
tag: w

Μη

tag: corr

tag: sic

τέρα

tag: #text

κάστρων

lemma: κάστρα
tag: w

Ἰουλίαν Δόμναν

type: emperor
ref: Domna
tag: persName

Ἰουλίαν

tag: name

Δόμναν

tag: name

⤦ n: 3

tag: lb

σεβαστὴν

lemma: σεβαστός
tag: w

type: dot
tag: g

ἡ

tag: w

πτόλις

lemma: πόλις
tag: w

tag: #text

tag: surplus

όλις

tag: #text

ἐπὶ

lemma: ἐπί
tag: w

συνλιαρχίας

lemma: συναρχία
tag: w

συ

tag: #text

tag: corr

λι

tag: sic

αρχίας

tag: #text

Αὐρηλίου Δημητρίου Απφου

type: official
ref: AT013
nymRef: Αὐρήλιος Δημήτριος Απφου
tag: persName

Αὐρηλίου

ref: Aurelius
nymRef: Αὐρήλιος
type: gentilicium
tag: name

⤦ n: 4

tag: lb

Δημητρίου

ref: Demetrius
nymRef: Δημήτριος
type: cognomen
tag: name

Απφου

ref: Apphus
nymRef: Απφος
type: cognomen
tag: name

tag: #text

Εὐτυχῶς

lemma: εὐτυχῶς
tag: w

tag: #text

 
<ab>
                    <lb n="1"/><w lemma="ἀγαθός">Ἀγαθῆι</w> <w lemma="τύχη">τύχη[ι]</w>.
                    <lb n="2"/><w lemma="μήτηρ"><corr>Μη</corr><sic>Π</sic>τέρα</w> <w lemma="κάστρα">κάστρων</w> <persName type="emperor" ref="listemperors.xml#Domna">
                        <name><expan><abbr>Ἰου</abbr><ex>λίαν</ex></expan></name> 
                        <name>Δόμναν</name></persName> 
                    <lb n="3"/><w lemma="σεβαστός"><expan><abbr>σεβ</abbr><ex>αστὴν</ex></expan></w> <g type="dot"/> <w>ἡ</w> <w lemma="πόλις">π<surplus>τ</surplus>όλις</w> <w lemma="ἐπί">ἐπὶ</w> <w lemma="συναρχία">συ<corr>ν</corr><sic>λι</sic>αρχίας</w>
                    <persName type="official" ref="listeOfficials.xml#AT013" nymRef="Αὐρήλιος Δημήτριος Απφου">
                       <name ref="Onom.xml#Aurelius" nymRef="Αὐρήλιος" type="gentilicium"><expan><abbr>Α<supplied>ὐρ</supplied></abbr><supplied><ex>ηλίου</ex></supplied></expan></name>
                    <lb n="4"/><name ref="Onom.xml#Demetrius" nymRef="Δημήτριος" type="cognomen">Δημητρίου</name>
                        <name ref="Onom.xml#Apphus" nymRef="Απφος" type="cognomen">Απφου</name></persName>. <w lemma="εὐτυχῶς">Εὐτυχῶς</w>.
                </ab>

Apparatus

Letters in ligature:
2 ων, ου, μν;
4 μη, ου, ου.
Apparatus:
The text of the inscription is given according to the edition of Mihailov with corrections after a comparison with the published copy.
1 Ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ IGBulg, but the facsimile shows the iota adscript in ἀγαθῆι written with a higher letter as in other inscriptions from Augusta Traiana, e.g. IGBulg 1557.

Commentary

The statue of Iulia Domna could have been erected under her husband Septimius Severus or under her son Caracalla. According to Mihailov, the occasion for the honours could be connected with one of the imperial visits in Thrace (in AD 202 and AD 214). The use of the nomen Aurelius probably indicates a date after Caracalla's edict of AD 212.

The first archon Aurelius Demetrius son of Apphus is attested in two more inscriptions on statue bases from Augusta Traiana: IGBulg 1556, for Septimius Severus or Caracalla, and IGBulg 1557, for Caracalla.

The patronymic of the first archon, Apphus, is typical for Asia Minor.