Miletos area [Didyma] (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 25/26 CE
IDidyma 272
= PHI 247360
= AGRW ID# 12326
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1986
Here an institution or group (perhaps sacred-victors or performers) honors Claudius Chionis, son of Claudius Philostratos, who had been a prophet, high-priest of Asia, prefect at Rome, and Roman military commander. Although the name of the group that had set up the honors is lost, the inscription does clearly indicate that Chionis had been "patron of the sacred-victors from the world" (πρ[ό]|ξενος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκο[υ]|μένης ἱερονεικῶν; lines 11-13), a guild of athletes or performers.
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Translation by: Harland[Κ]λαύδι[ος] Χίονις Κλαυδίου | Φιλοστράτου υἱός, τῷ αὐτῷ | ἔτει προφήτης ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀ[ρ]|χιπρύτανις, προφητῶν καὶ || ἀρχιπρυτανίδων ἔκγονο[ς,] | ὑποστάς, ἡνίκα μήτε τ[ὴν] | ἀρχὴν ἀναλαβεῖν ὑπέμε[ι]|νέν τις μήτε τὴν προφ[η]|τείαν, ἀμφοτέρας μόνος· || ἔπαρχος ἐν Ῥώμῃ, χειλία[ρ]|χος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ, πρ[ό]|ξενος τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκο[υ]|μένης ἱερονεικῶν, συνέ|γδημος ἀναγραφεὶς ἐν [αἰ]||ραρίωι [Μ]εσσάλλα τοῦ γε[νο]|μένου τῆς Ἀσίας ἀνθυπ[ά]|του κ[αὶ] λαβὼν [μ]όνος ὁμοῦ π[ίσ]|τιν ἐπιστο[λῶ]ν, ἀποκρ[ιμ]άτω[ν,] | διαταγμάτ[ω]ν, κλήρου· [τ]ετε||λεκὼς δὲ κα[ὶ χο]ρηγίας καὶ γυμν[α]|σιαρχίας πά[σ]ας, ἀρχιερεὺς τῶ[ν] | [Σεβ]ασ[τ]ῶν, πεπρεσβευκὼς ὑ|π[ὲρ τῆς π]ατρίδος πολλά[κις] | [πρὸς] τοὺς αὐτοκράτορας· ταμι||[ευ]όν̣[των Ἱ]εροκλέους κ[αὶ] | [․ ․ . ca. 6 ․ ․ ․ τῶν Ἀ]ν̣α̣ξ̣ικρά[τους]
Item added: May 17, 2013
Item modified: November 6, 2020
ID number: 12326
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