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R.E.C.A.M. Notes and Studies No. 3 A Latin Inscription from Galatia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Stephen Mitchell
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The Museum of Yalvaç contains a large and important collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions, mostly from the adjacent colony of Pisidian Antioch, but including a number from other sites in the region. Among the latter is an important text from the reign of Trajan, which has claimed some attention in the scholarly literature although it has never been fully published. Since it presents some points of difficulty, and contains matters of interest which have not hitherto been discussed, it seems worthwhile to do so now.

The inscription was found at the village of Fele, now called Yassıbel, south of the town of Şarkıkaraağaç in what was once the Cillanian plain, and was brought to the museum in 1966. It is carved on a large rectangular block of yellow/white limestone; Ht. 0·62; width 2·31; depth 0·20. The text is engraved inside an elongated tabula ansata, and the letters measure 0·11 (1. 1), 0·07 (1. 2), 0·06 (1. 3), 0·055 (1. 4), 0·05 (1. 5). The stone has been broken into three pieces but is complete, and except at one point in 1. 4 there is no doubt about the reading. The museum inventory number is A.445.

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Research Article
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Anatolian Studies , Volume 28 , December 1978 , pp. 93 - 96
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 1978

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References

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2 Compare, for instance, ILS 151 (AD. 26–8).

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13 ILS 231 = CIL III 6123 with Mommsen's commentary.

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20 CIL III 12218Google Scholar.