Ephesos (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 161-192 CE
IEph 1600
= GIBM III 600
= RICIS 304/0607 (lines 1-12, 29-31 only)
= PHI 248270
= AGRW ID# 8348
Copenhagen Inventory info: 1619
Fragments of white marble found in the theater. The inscription, which is too fragmentary (and heavily reconstructed) to translate, is a list of priests or functionaries involved in rites for Dionysos, Hephaistos and, probably, Panhellenic Zeus (lines 2-3). A group of initiates in Dionysos' mysteries is likely involved, since there is mention of someone in charge "of the mysteries" ([τῶ]ν μυστηρ̣[ίων] in line 11) and at least one hierophant, a revealer of sacred objects (line 33). Lines 17-50 seem to be a list of deities (including Zeus, Athena, Homonoia, Bromios, Helios, Kore, Demeter, and Semele) along with the names of individuals who played the role of specific deities, perhaps in some sort of re-enactment of the stories of the gods. Included in this list is a "new Dionysos" (in line 46), which may refer to an emperor (Commodus) identified with the god. See also the Dionysiac initiates who identify Commodus as the "new Dionysos" in IEph 293.
Too fragmentary to translate.
Translation by: Harland[ἀγαθῇ τύ]χῃ· | [ἐπὶ ἱερέως τοῦ προπάτ]ορος θεοῦ Διονύσου̣ | [καὶ Διὸς Πανελ]λ̣ηνίου καὶ Ἡφαίστου | [Γ(αΐου) Ἰουλ(ίου) Ἐπαγάθ]ου φιλοσεβ(άστου), πρυτάνε[ως] || [καὶ γραμματέως το]ῦ δήμου καὶ ὑμνω(δοῦ), | [βουλάρχου κ]αὶ ἀρχιτέκτονος τῆς | [θεοῦ, ἱερεῖς οἱ ὑπογε]γραμμένοι ὑπὸ | [— — ἱεροφάντου] καὶ ἁγνεάρχου | [— — τῆς Ἐφ]εσίων [π]όλεως, ἐπὶ πρυ||[τάνεως Διήους τοῦ Ἀλ]εξάν̣[δρο]υ φιλοσεβ(άστου), ἐπι|[μεληθέντων τῶ]ν μυστηρ̣[ίων Μ(άρκου) Αὐρ(ηλίου) | [— — καὶ — ο]υ Ἰουλ(ίου) Φαύ[στου φ]ιλοσεβ(άστου) | [— — —]ου̣[— — — ] | [․ .c.4. ․]․ Ῥου[— — —]· || [Βα]σσα(ρέως) Παυλε̣[ῖνος — — — ]· | [Φω]νῶν Ἀθην[— — —] | [Δ]ιὸς Φ(ιλίου) Ἀρτεμείσ[ιος]· | [Ἀ]θηνᾶ{ς} Σωτεί(ρας) Ἑρμο[—]· | [Ὁ]μονοί(ας) Πρειμιγέ[νης]· || [Β]ρομ(ίου) Ἀσκληπιά[δης]· | [Π]ελαρ(γῆς?) Εὐτύχης Λ̣[—]· | [θ]εοῦ κρα(τίστου?) Ζήνων Τ[—]· | [Ἀ]χελώ(ου) Εὔπετις [—]· | [Σ]υνκλ(ήτου) Ἀσκληπ[ιάδης]· || [Σ]πον(δῶν) Μεσσάλ[λας]· | Κουρή(των) Εὐτύχ[ης]· | Νυνφ[ῶν] πρε(σβυτέρων) Ἀλεξι[—]· | [Νη]ρειδ(ῶν) Μέναν̣[δρος]· | [Λή]θης Ἀλεξ[—]· || [Δ]ιὸς Ζώσιμ[ος]· | Ἡλίου Ποσιδώ[νιος]· | [Κ]αρπῶ(ν) Ζωσᾶς [—]· | [ἱ]εροφάν(της) Πατροκλ[ῆς]· | Κορύν(βου) Τειμοθά[λης]· || Βακχ(—) Εὐτύχης· | [Ν]υνφ(ῶν) νε(ωτέρων) Εὐτύχης· | [․c.3․]ου Ἀπελλᾶς· | [․ .c.4. ․]τ(—) Ἑρμογ[ένης]· | [․ .c.5․ .] Κ[—]· || [․ ․ ․ .c.9․ ․ ․ .]ω̣κ̣ι̣λ̣λ̣[—]· | [․ ․ . c.7․ ․ .] Κλωδια[νός]· | [․․c.7․․] Εὔοδος· | [․ . ․c.7․ . ․] Ἀλέξανδ[ρος]· | [․ ․ . c.7 . . ․] Αὐξίβις· || Εὐά[δ]ν(ης?) Ἀντίοχ[ος]· | Νέου Διον(ύσου) Θρέπτ[ος?]· | Κόρης Περιγέν[ης]· | Πανῶν Τύρανν[ος]· | Ἀσκλη(πιοῦ) [—]· || Φιλ[ίας? —]· | [— Ἀγαθ?]όπους· | [—] ἁ̣γ̣ν̣ε̣[άρχης? —]· | [․ .c.5․ .]δις Ἀν[—]· | [ἁγνέα]ρχος Ἱερο[—]· || [—]ος Πατρόβ̣[ις]· | [—]․ων· | [—]νος· | [— — —] | [— — —] || [— — —]ς· | [Ἡρα]κλέ[ους Οὔλπιο?]ς Ἐπαφ[ρό]δειτος· | [Σε]μ̣έλ(ης?) [․ . c.5․ .]ινος Ὀν[ή]σ̣ιμος Μάρκελλος· | Δ̣ήμη(τρος) Μα[․ .c.4․ .] Φαῦσ[τ]ος.
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