Ancient Greek Inscriptions

from Bulgaria

Klada Bg

Inscription of the agoranomoi

Monument Tlmn4_0002
Editor(s)
Nicolay Sharankov.
Type of monument
slab
Material
marble
Find place
Heraclea Sintica. The inscription was uncovered in 2021 at the open area of the agora, 4.30 m to the East of the Western portico.
Origin
Heraclea Sintica
Institution and inventory
Dimensions
height 40 cm, width 62.5 cm, depth 10 cm
Letter size
height 2.7-3.7 cm
Layout description
Only the front with the inscription is well wrought, while the sides and the back are roughly cut which indicates that the stone was built within some structure. Despite the varying height of the lines (l. 1 - 3.5-3.7 cm; l. 2-3 - 3.4-3.5 cm; l. 4 - 3.1 cm; l. 5-8 - 2.7-2.9 cm; l. 8-9 - 3.1-3.2 cm), the text is carefully arranged so that it might take the entire surface; words are divided syllabically between lines. Interpuncts are used throughout the text, probably due to influence from Latin epigraphic practice.
Decoration description
Text
Category of inscription
building inscription
Date
34 - 35 AD
Dating criteria
internal-date
Images
Text

Τι(βερίῳ) Καίσαρι θεῷ θεοῦ υἱῶι
Σεβαστῷ καὶ τῇ πόλει Νεικό-
στρατος Περιγένου καὶ Δημέ-
ας Ἀσκληπᾶ καὶ Ἡρακλεόδωρος
5Χρησίμου ἀγορανομοῦντες
τὸ ἀγορανόμιον καὶ τὸ προσὸν
ἐργαστήριον καὶ σταθμὰ καὶ ζυ̣-
γὰ καὶ μέτρα καὶ τὸν Ἑρμῆ ἐκ τῶ[ν]
ἰδίων· ἔτους ϝξ´ Σεβαστ[οῦ].

ΤΙΚΑIΣΑΡΙΘΕΩΘΕΟYΥIΩΙ
ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩΚΑIΤHΠOΛΕΙNΕΙΚO
ΣΤΡΑΤΟΣΠΕΡΙΓENΟΥΚΑIΔΗME
ΑΣAΣΚΛΗΠAΚΑIHΡΑΚΛΕOΔΩΡΟΣ
5ΧΡΗΣIMΟΥAΓΟΡΑNΟMΟYNΤΕΣ
ΤOAΓΟΡΑNOMΙΟNΚΑIΤOΠΡΟΣON
EΡΓΑΣΤHΡΙΟNΚΑIΣΤΑΘMAΚΑI.Υ̣
ΓAΚΑIMEΤΡΑΚΑIΤONEΡMHEΚΤΩN
IΔIΩNEΤΟΥΣϜΞΣΕΒΑΣΤΟY
To Tiberius Caesar Augustus the God, son of [Augustus] the God, and to the city – Nicostratus son of Perigenes, Demeas son of Asclepas, and Heracleodorus son of Chresimus, while serving as agoranomoi, [dedicated] the agoranomic office and the adjacent workshop as well as weights, scales and measures, and the [statue of] Hermes, at their own expense. In the year 66 of the Augustan era [=AD 34/35].
⤦ n: 1

tag: lb
Τιβερίῳ

type: emperor
ref: Tiberius
tag: persName
Τιβερίῳ

tag: expan
Τι

tag: abbr
βερίῳ

tag: ex
Καίσαρι

lemma: Καῖσαρ
tag: w
θεῷ

lemma: θεός
tag: w
θεοῦ

lemma: θεός
tag: w
υἱῶι

lemma: υἱός
tag: w
⤦ n: 2

tag: lb
Σεβαστῷ

lemma: Σεβαστός
tag: w
καὶ

tag: w
τῇ

tag: w
πόλει

lemma: πόλις
tag: w
Νεικό στρατος Περιγένου

type: official
ref: NikostratusAgoranomos
nymRef: Νεικόστρατος Περιγένου
tag: persName
Νεικό στρατος

nymRef: Περιγένης
ref: Nikostratus
tag: name
Νεικό

tag: #text
⤦ n: 3

break: no
tag: lb
στρατος

tag: #text
Περιγένου

nymRef: Περιγένης
ref: Perigenes
tag: name
καὶ

tag: w
Δημέ ας Ἀσκληπᾶ

type: official
ref: DemeasAgoranomos
nymRef: Δημέας Ἀσκληπᾶ
tag: persName
Δημέ ας

nymRef: Δημέας
ref: Demeas
tag: name
Δημέ

tag: #text
⤦ n: 4

break: no
tag: lb
ας

tag: #text
Ἀσκληπᾶ

nymRef: Ἀσκληπᾶς
ref: Asclepas
tag: name
καὶ

tag: w
Ἡρακλεόδωρος Χρησίμου

type: official
ref: HeracleodorusAgoranomos
nymRef: Ἡρακλεόδωρος Χρησίμου
tag: persName
Ἡρακλεόδωρος

nymRef: Ἡρακλεόδωρος
ref: Heracleodorus
tag: name
⤦ n: 5

tag: lb
Χρησίμου

nymRef: Χρήσιμος
ref: Chresimus
tag: name
ἀγορανομοῦντες

lemma: ἀγορανομέω
tag: w
⤦ n: 6

tag: lb
τὸ

tag: w
ἀγορανόμιον

lemma: ἀγορανόμιον
tag: w
καὶ

tag: w
τὸ

tag: w
προσὸν

lemma: πρόσειμι
tag: w
⤦ n: 7

tag: lb
ἐργαστήριον

lemma: ἐργαστήριον
tag: w
καὶ

tag: w
σταθμὰ

lemma: σταθμόν
tag: w
καὶ

tag: w
ζυ̣ γὰ

lemma: ζυγόν
tag: w
ζ

tag: unclear
υ̣

tag: #text
⤦ n: 8

break: no
tag: lb
γὰ

tag: #text
καὶ

tag: w
μέτρα

lemma: μέτρον
tag: w
καὶ

tag: w
τὸν

tag: w
Ἑρμῆ

type: divine
ref: Hermes
tag: persName
ἐκ

tag: w
τῶν

tag: w
τῶ

tag: #text
ν

tag: supplied
⤦ n: 9

tag: lb
ἰδίων

lemma: ἴδιος
tag: w
·

tag: #text
ἔτους

lemma: ἔτος
tag: w
ϝξ

value: 66
tag: num
Σεβαστοῦ

lemma: Σεβαστός
tag: w
Σεβαστ

tag: #text
οῦ

tag: supplied
.

tag: #text
Apparatus
Apparatus:
The text of the inscription follows the edition of Sharankov.
Commentary
Bibliography
Sharankov, Nicolay. Five Official Inscriptions from Heraclea Sintica Including a Record of the Complete cursus honorum of D. Terentius Gentianus. In: Archaeologia Bulgarica Vol. XXV/3, 2021, p. 1-43.

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