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List (frag.) of Participants in Mysteries (II CE) Prusa by Olympos - Bithynia


Prusa by Olympos (Bithynia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), II CE
IPrusaOlymp 52 = PHI 278543 = AGRW ID# 13324


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Slab of marble found reused in the stairs of the "Green Mosque" (Yeşil Cami) in Bursa, now in the garden of the Bursa museum (39 x 105 x 18 cm; letter height: 0.9-1.4 cm). This fragmentary list of functionaries and participants in mysteries mentions a "chief-initiate" (mystarchēs, in (a) line 1), several functionaries with the title "kings" (bas. = basileis in (a) lines 4-8), a "sacred slave" (hieros, in (a) line 10), and initiates (mystai, in (b) lines 8-17 and likely continuing on (c)). At least ten participants have the three names (tria nomina) indicative of Roman citizenship.

Too fragmentary to translate.

Translation by: Harland



{column a}

Με]νεκράτης μυστάρ(χης) | [—]οι̣νου ὁ κὲ φιλ. | Συμ]φόρου ἐπὶ τῶν θυ. | [Σ]υμφόρου βασι. φιλ. || [— —] β̣ασι. | [—]ιανος βασι. | [? Ζ]ω̣σᾶς βασι. | [—]ως βασι. Υ̣ | [—]οφίλου Ι̣ || [—]ρκος ἱερ(ός) | Ἀμ]ύντου | [? Πω]λλίων | [? Ζώ]σ̣ιμος | [—]․Α̣․[—] || [— — —]

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[— — —]ιος Φ[— — —] | Κλώδιος Ἀρτεμίδωρος, | Πομπώνιος Κίσσος, | Αὐρουκκλήιος Φούλβις, || Ἀντίοχος β̣ʹ, | Κλ(αύδιος) Νυμφᾶς, | Ἰούλιος Αἰθαλῆς. | μύσται· | Κ. Κάσσιος Ἰοῦστος, || Π(όπλιος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Πρόκλος, | Λ(ούκιος) Καικίνα Σωσίβις, | Αἴλιος Μένανδρος, | Αἴλιος Κάρπος, | Κλώδιος Πρόθυμος, || Θεόφιλος Λουκίου, | Γ(άιος) Ἰούλιος Ἰνγένους, | [— —] Φάβιος Εὔτυχος, | [— — —]

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Γ(άιος) Ἰούλ(ιος) Βᾶσσος Φοντήι[ος], | Ἰούλ(ιος) Φλῶρος Λόγισμο[ς], | Νεικηφόρος Εὐανγελί[δου], | Εἰσίδωρος Ἀμμωνίο[υ], || Γ(άιος) Μέσσιος Ζώσιμος, | Λ(ούκιος) Λοκκήιος Κρίσπος, | Μ(ᾶρκος) Κάττιος Ῥοῦφος Μυ[— —], | Μ(ᾶρκος) Ὀγόλ̣νιος Ἀγάθων, | Πρωτίων Μηνοφῶντο[ς], || Αἴλ(ιος) Κορνηλιανός, | Βείβιος Ἑρμῆς β̣ασ̣ι̣. [— — | Μένης βʹ βασι. [— — | Φλ(άβιος) Ἀγαθόπ[ους], | Εὐτυχιανὸ[ς — — —] || {four partially visible letters}ΟΘΥΝ[— — —] | [— — —]

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Item modified: December 3, 2015
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