Ancient Greek Inscriptions

from Bulgaria

project of

Sofia University
„Kliment Ohridski“

Monument III.1732

Editor(s)

Georgi Mihailov, Nicolay Sharankov.

Type of monument

base

Material

syenite

Find place

under the present-day Koprinka resevoir

Origin

Seuthopolis

Institution and inventory

Museum of history "Iskra" - Kazanlak
No II 1364

Dimensions

height 36 cm, width 88 cm, depth 71 cm

Letter size

height 0.5-3.5 cm

Layout description

A base for a statue or a relief. There is a dowel-hole on the top with iron pin fixed with lead. The inscription is on the upper surface.

Decoration description

Text

Category of inscription

private dedicatory inscription - prose

Date

First half of III c. BC

Dating criteria

lettering, archaeological-context

Text

Μαιστας Μηδιστα
ἰερητεύσας Διονύσ[ωι].

MΑΙΣΤΑΣMΗΔΙΣΤΑ
IΕΡΗΤΕYΣΑΣΔΙΟNYΣΩΙ

Maistas, son of Medistas, after having been a priest, (dedicated) to Dionysus.

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Info

Geonames

List: Koprinka

⤦ n: 1

tag: lb

Μαιστας Μηδιστα

type: official
ref: AT021
nymRef: Μαιστας Μηδιστα
tag: persName

Μαιστας

nymRef: Μαιστας
ref: Maestas
tag: name

Μηδιστα

nymRef: Μηδιστας
ref: Medistas
tag: name

Μηδιστα

tag: #text

⤦ n: 2

tag: lb

ἰερητεύσας

lemma: ἱερατεύω
tag: w

Διονύσωι

ref: Dionysus
type: divine
tag: persName

Διονύσ

tag: #text

ωι

tag: supplied

tag: #text

 
<ab>
<lb n="1"/><persName type="official" ref="listeOfficials.xml#AT021" nymRef="Μαιστας Μηδιστα"><name nymRef="Μαιστας" ref="Onom.xml#Maestas">Μαιστας</name> <name nymRef="Μηδιστας" ref="Onom.xml#Medistas">Μηδιστα </name></persName>
<lb n="2"/><w lemma="ἱερατεύω">ἰερητεύσας</w> <persName ref="listDivine.xml#Dionysus" type="divine">Διονύσ<supplied>ωι</supplied></persName>.
                        </ab>

Apparatus

Apparatus:
1 IGBulg Αμαιστας, but there is no A on the stone and no such name is attested.
2 IGBulg ἱερατεύσας (the Ionic form is probably transformed accidentally into Attic).

Commentary

The name and the patronymic of the priest are Thracian. The form of the verb ἰερητεύω is Ionic (Attic ἱερατεύω), but it is also typical for koine Greek.