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Regulations (frag.) of a Synod (168-164 BCE) Pergamon area [Apollonia] - Mysia and the Troad


Pergamon area [Apollonia] (Mysia and the Troad, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), 168-164 BCE
SEG 52 (2002), no. 1197 = AGRW ID# 12271
Copenhagen Inventory info: 921


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Fragment of a slab of white marble inscribed on the front (A) and the back (B). The very fragmentary inscriptions on the two sides may or may not be a single text. Several terms suggest that an association–perhaps of performers or athletes–is involved here. The "priest of the synod" is mentioned on line 10 of side A and an "association" (koineion = koinon) is mentioned on line 15 of side A. The group had functionaries called "head monthly officers" (ἀρχεπιμήνιοι), whose responsibilities included the granting of crowns (after the communal meal) for honored individuals, including the Attalid royals (Attalos I and Apollonis, who had died before these honors for them), the Attalid high-priest, and leaders of the association (side A, lines 6-12). The deity Zeus Tropaios ("the Defeater of Enemies") is mentioned on line 25 on side B. Found near ancient Apollonia (east of Pergamon).

Too fragmentary to translate.

Translation by: Harland



(A)

[- - -] | ΟΙΣ[- - - ] | ΟΣΟΝΑ[- - -] | ΚΑΙΣΠΛΑΓΧ̣ΝΙΤΑΣ̣[- - -] | AN καθάπερ εἴθισται φρον̣[τ]ι̣[ - - -] || [.]ΟΝ καὶ καθαρὰ γένηται · | Στεφάνων · | [Σ]τέφανοι δὲ ἀνακηρυσσέσθωσὰν μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνο̣[ν τῆι . . . ca. 6 . . .] | [ἡ]μέραι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρχεπιμηνίων βασιλεῖ Ἀττάλωι κα[ὶ βασιλίσ]|σηι Ἀπολλωνίδι θεοῖς · βασιλεῖ, βασιλίσσηι, βασιλέως ἀδ̣[ελ[φοῖς · ἀρ]||χιερεῖ, ἱερεῖ τῆς συνόδου, ἡμιολίω̣ι, τῶ̣ι ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως, διοικη[τῆι], | ἀρχεγλογιστῆι, οἰκονόμωι, ἐγλογιστ̣ῆι, ἱερονόμωι, ἀγω̣νοθ̣έ̣|τηι, γραμματεῖ · ὧι δ’ ἂν τῶν προγεγραμμένων καὶ γέρας προ[σ]|ενεχθῇ ἢ σκέλος ἢ ὦμος ἢ ὃ ἂν προσφωνήσηι, μόνον ὧι δ’ ἂν πρ[οσ]|ενεχθῇ ἀναφέρεσθαι, τοῦτο πάλιν εἰς τὴν δα̣π̣ά̣νην τοῦ̣ || [κ]οινείου · εἰ δὲ μή, ἐλ λόγωι φερέτωσαν τὸ ληφθέν · | Ὑπὲρ παραγραφῶν · | οἱ δὲ λαβόντες ἀρχεπιμήνιοι παρὰ τοῦ γραμ⟨μ⟩ατέως τὴν π̣[α]|ραγραφὴν πρὸ ἡμερῶν τριάκοντα ὧν δεῖ̣ π̣ρ̣αχθῆναι ἐάν | τινα μὴ πράξωσιν δυνατοῦ ὄντος ληφθῆναι αὐτοὶ ἀπ[ο]||τινέτωσαν, ἐὰν δέ τινα φήσωσιν ἄπρακτα εἶνα̣ι παραγενόμενοι | πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα καὶ τὸν γραμματέα ἐμφανιζέτωσαν καὶ ἐὰν οὗ|τοι κρίνωσιν κύρια ἔστωσαν · λαμβαν[έ]τωσαν δὲ τούτων τῶν ἐ̣|πικρίσεων διορθώματα ἐσφραγισμένα καὶ ὁ μὲν γραμ<μ>ατεὺς | κατά τοῦτο λογιζέσθω, ὕστερον δ’ ἐπὶ λόγωι καὶ τῶι κοινῶι ἐμφ[α]||νιζέσθω καὶ ἐὰν περί τίνων ἀναγκαῖον ἦι καὶ τοῖς ἀπ̣οδεικνυ[μέ]|νοις δικασταῖς μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον τῆι ἐσχάτηι ἡμέραι παρ̣αγγε[λ]|λέτωσαν ἐπὶ λόγον ἀπαντᾶν ἅμα τῆι ἡμέραι εἰς τὸ π̣α̣ρ̣[ὸ]ν̣ καὶ τ[ῶι] | μ̣ὴ̣ παραγενομένωι ἐπιγραφέσθω ζημία τριώβολ̣ο̣ν · | Ὑπὲρ προσόδων · || [- - - π]ρ̣ο̣σόδου καὶ τοῦ ἀπ’ αὐτῆς ἀνηλώματ̣[ος] | [- - -] τὸ περισσὸν τῆ̣[ς]

Β

[- - -] | [- - -] π̣έντε, ὁμοίως . | [- - - ? ἀδίκ]ως βραβεύσηι δραχμαῖ̣[ς] | [- - - βραβ]ευθέντος, τὴν δὲ πρᾶξιν || [- - -]λ̣η̣φθὲν διάφορον ἀπὸ τῶν | [- - -] ε̣ἰς τοὺς τιθεμένους ἀγῶνας | [- - - ἀ]ν̣α̣φέρειν τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐξέστω | [- - -]ΝΤΩΝ ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον | [- - -]ο̣ν̣τι · || [?- - - γραμ]μ̣ατεῖ βυβλία | [- - - τ]ῶ̣ι γ̣ρ̣αμματεῖ εἰς βυβλία . . | [- - -]ματων · | [- - -] | [- - - ] τ[ῶ]ι νόμωι ἐάν τινα ἐφ||[- - - ]ς [κ]αὶ οἱ δικασταὶ μετὰ Τ[. .] | [- - -γρ]ά̣μμ̣α[τ]α ἐσφραγισμένα κ[αὶ] | [- - - γραμμ]α̣τεὺς προσδιασαφῶν Ε̣ | [- - -]Ι̣τινων δικαζόντων̣ · | vac. [Βα]σ̣[ιλ]ε̣ύ̣[οντ]ο̣ς̣ Ε̣ὐ̣μ̣ [ένου - - - καὶ?] τρι̣α̣κ̣οστοῦ ἔτους μηνὸς || [- - - ]Ι̣Ε̣Ρ̣ΙAPΚ̣ΙΔ̣ΟΑΣ τοῦ Διὸς | [- - - κ]α̣ὶ̣? τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ τῶν | [- - - τοῦ] Ἀ̣ρ̣τέμωνος, Ἀθηναγόρο[υ] | [τοῦ - - - κα]θ̣’ ἃ ἔδοξεν τῶι κοινῶι Ε[.] | [- - -]ε̣[ι]κότος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτο̣[ῦ] || [- - -] τῶι Διὶ τῶι Τροπαίωι ΔΙ | [- - -] μέ̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ς̣ καιροὺς ἐπιπολέμους | [- - - ] ἐ[ξ]ήκει ἔλασσο̣ν ΤΑ̣[.] | [- - -]ΟΙΣ[- - -] | [- - -]

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