IAph: 14.28. Decree of consolation

Description: Two joining fragments of a marble stele: the larger (A) preserves the upper edge (chipped) the right side and the lower edge, which is very worn: w: 0.65 × h: 0.66 × d: 0.11; the smaller (B) without edges, adjoins to the left, w: 0.36 × h: 0.41 × d: 0.24.

Text: Inscribed on the face.

Letters: 0.02; bar for stop.

Date: First century BCE - first century CE (lettering)

Findspot: Plarasa (Bingeç) in the courtyard of a house in the village.

Original location: Unknown

Last recorded location: Findspot (2005)

Interpretive

[ἔδοξεν τῇ βουλῇ καὶ τῷ δήμῳ ((stop)) γν]ώ̣μ̣η στρατηγῶν
[καὶ c. 21] Περίτου Μινδρ̣ωνος
[καὶ c. 20 γραμ]ματ̣έ̣ως δήμου ( vac. 2)
[ἐπεὶ Ἀρτεμίδωρος Διονυσίο]υ τοῦ Δημητρίου, προ-
5[γόνων τῶν c. 15 καὶ] ἐνδόξων καὶ μαλίστα
[c. 17 βί]ον ἑλόμενος εὔτακτον
[c. 12 καὶ πάσης? π]λ̣ηρωμένον ἀρέτης ((stop)) τὰ
[νῦν c. 14 μετή]λακχεν ((stop)) ὁ δὲ δῆμος Η-
[c. 16 τὴν? λυπ?]η̣ν̣ τῶν γονέων αὐτοῦ Α-
10[c. 8]Ο̣ΩΔ̣[c. 8]ΩΝ πρὸς τὸν μετηλλακ-
[χότα c. 6]Ι̣ΤΙ ((stop)) ὁμ[οθυ]μαδὸν ἔκρινεν τείμησαι
[αὐτὸν ταῖς π]ροσηκούσ[αι]ς τειμαῖς ((stop)) δεδόχθαι τῇ
[βουλῇ καὶ τ]ῷ̣ δήμῳ ἐπ[η]νῆσθαι καὶ τετειμῆσθαι ((stop)) Ἀρ-
[τεμίδωρο]ν τὸν προγ[εγ]ραμμένον ((stop)) ἀνατεθῆναι
15.[δὲ αὐτοῦ] καὶ εἰκόνα γρ[απ]τὴν ἐν ὅπλῳ ἐπιχρύσῳ καὶ
[στήλην] λ̣ευκοῦ λίθοῦ̣ [...]Ι̣ ἐν δημοσίῳ τόπῳ ((stop)) ἐφ’ὧν
[καὶ ἐπιγ]ραφῆναι ((stop)) ὅτι [ἡ β]ου[λὴ] καὶ ὁ δῆμος ἐτείμησαν
[Ἀρτεμί]δωρον Διονυ̣σίου τ[οῦ] Δημητρίου ((stop)) ἄνδρα κα-
[λὸν καὶ] ἀγαθὸν ζήσαντα [εἰς? π]άντα πρὸς ὑπόδειγ-
20[μα ἀρέ]τ̣ης ((stop)) ἐξεῖν[αι] δὲ τοῖ[ς προσ]ήκουσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ΕΠ-
[c. 7] ΜΗΟΥΕΠΙ̣Ι̣ [c. 9]Ν̣Ι̣Σ̣ΜΑ, τὸ δ’εἰς τὴν εἰκό-
[να c. 4 ἄ]γαλμα ΕΣ [c. 7 φ]ι̣λ̣αγάθως διακειμέ-
[νοι οἱ ἀδελ]φοὶ αὐτο[ῦ..] Δ̣Λ̣[c. 10]Π̣Σ̣Π̣Α̣Τ̣ΟΝ ((stop)) ( vac. 1)

Diplomatic

[.........................]..ΗΣΤΡΑΤΗΓΩΝ
[...·····················]ΠΕΡΙΤΟΥΜΙΝΔ.ΩΝΟΣ
[...····················....]ΜΑ..ΩΣΔΗΜΟΥ
[.......................]ΥΤΟΥΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥΠΡΟ
5[........···············...]ΕΝΔΟΞΩΝΚΑΙΜΑΛΙΣΤΑ
[·················..]ΟΝΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΣΕΥΤΑΚΤΟΝ
[············.........].ΗΡΩΜΕΝΟΝΑΡΕΤΗΣ • ΤΑ
[...··············....]ΛΑΚΧΕΝ • ΟΔΕΔΗΜΟΣΗ
[················......]..ΤΩΝΓΟΝΕΩΝΑΥΤΟΥΑ
10[········].Ω.[········]ΩΝΠΡΟΣΤΟΝΜΕΤΗΛΛΑΚ
[....······].ΤΙ • ΟΜ[...]ΜΑΔΟΝΕΚΡΙΝΕΝΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΙ
[..........]ΡΟΣΗΚΟΥΣ[..]ΣΤΕΙΜΑΙΣ • ΔΕΔΟΧΘΑΙΤΗ
[.........].ΔΗΜΩΕΠ[.]ΝΗΣΘΑΙΚΑΙΤΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΘΑΙ • ΑΡ
[........]ΝΤΟΝΠΡΟΓ[..]ΡΑΜΜΕΝΟΝ • ΑΝΑΤΕΘΗΝΑΙ
15[.......]ΚΑΙΕΙΚΟΝΑΓΡ[..]ΤΗΝΕΝΟΠΛΩΕΠΙΧΡΥΣΩΚΑΙ
[......].ΕΥΚΟΥΛΙΘΟ.[···].ΕΝΔΗΜΟΣΙΩΤΟΠΩ • ΕΦΩΝ
[.......]ΡΑΦΗΝΑΙ • ΟΤΙ[..]ΟΥ[..]ΚΑΙΟΔΗΜΟΣΕΤΕΙΜΗΣΑΝ
[......]ΔΩΡΟΝΔΙΟΝ.ΣΙΟΥΤ[..]ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ • ΑΝΔΡΑΚΑ
[......]ΑΓΑΘΟΝΖΗΣΑΝΤΑ[....]ΑΝΤΑΠΡΟΣΥΠΟΔΕΙΓ
20[.....].ΗΣ • ΕΞΕΙΝ[..]ΔΕΤΟΙ[.....]ΗΚΟΥΣΙΝΑΥΤΟΥΚΑΙΕΠ
[·······]ΜΗΟΥΕΠ..[·········]...ΜΑΤΟΔΕΙΣΤΗΝΕΙΚΟ
[..····.]ΓΑΛΜΑΕΣ[·······.]..ΑΓΑΘΩΣΔΙΑΚΕΙΜΕ
[.........]ΦΟΙΑΥΤΟ[.··]..[··········].....ΟΝ •

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte M. Roueché

[Resolved by the Council and the People; the proposal of the Strategoi [and ...] of Peritos, son of Mindron, [and . . . the Secre]tary of the People: Since Artemidoros, son of Dionysio]s, grandson of Demetrios, [descended from ancestors who were ...] and distinguished, and especially [... having] chosen a well-ordered [life ... and] filled [with every] virtue; [and whereas] he [has now . . . ] passed away; and the People [sharing in? the gri]ef of his parents [......] toward the deceased [...]; it was unanimously decided to honor [him with the] fitting honors. It has been decreed by the Council and the] People that Artemidoros, the aforementioned be praised and honoured. [Let there be set up for him] both a painted portrait on a gilded shield and a stele of white stone [...] in a public place, upon which [it shall be insc]ribed: "The Council and the People honored Artemidoros, son of Dionysios, grandson of Demetrios, a man noble and good, who lived in all things as an example of virtue." It shall be permitted for his relatives and [......] and regarding the statue [...] his brothers being [well]-disposed [ ...