Ephesos (Ionia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), undated
IEph 974 + Addenda p. 23
= PHI 248375
= AGRW ID# 8243
Found used as a floor stone in the theater area. This fragmentary inscription lists members of an association that engages in mysteries. Some functionaries in the group include sacrificing priests (hierourgoi) and two revealers of the sacred objects (hierophantēs). There also seems to be a sub-group of "gold-bearers," presumably for carrying images of the gods in procession. Several individuals have the tria nomina, indicative of Roman citizenship.
Too fragmentary to translate.
Translation by: HarlandΤ[— — — ] | Μη̣ν̣[— — — ] | [— — — ] | Πόπλιο[ς — — πρω]||τοκούρη̣[ς καὶ] | ἀγωνοθέτ[ης τῶν] | χρυσοφ̣[όρων —] | [․ . ․]τησ[—] | [Κ]υΐντος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Τή[λεφος] || φιλοσέβ(αστος) γραμμα[τεὺς —] | Αἴλιος Ἀκύλλ(ιος) φι[λοσέβ(αστος)] |[Αὐ]ρ(ήλιος) Μένιππος φ[ιλοσέβ(αστος)] | [․ ․ ․] Ἐφέσιος φ[ιλοσέβ(αστος)] | Πῖος Φλάβιος Πυθα[—] || Δέκμ̣ος Ἄντιος Σατορνε[ῖλος?] | Πό(πλιος) Αἴλιος Ἑρμαγόρα[ς] | Πό(πλιος) Αἴλιος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Κλάδο[ς] | Πό(πλιος) Αἴλιος Αὐρ(ήλιος) Λουκ[—] | Τ(ίτος) Φλ(άουιος) Πρόκλος, Τ̣[—·] || ἱερουργοί· Γ(άϊος) Ἰούλ[ιος —] | ἱεροφάντη[ς] κατὰ π[—] | Αὐρ(ήλιος) Ἑρμοκράτης Βᾶρο[ς] | ἱεροφάντης Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἄλ[βιος —] |ονοιος Ἱεροφῶνος || Μάρκελλος σαλπικ[τὴς ὀλυμπιο]|νείκης Αὐρ(ήλιος) Χρυσα[—] | Τ(ίτος) Κλ(αύδιος) Εὐπρέπης σπο̣[νδαύλης] | Μηνόδοτος ἱερός [— — ]
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Item modified: December 8, 2015
ID number: 8243
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