AN HONORIFIC GNOME OF THE KOINON OF THE PHRIKYLADAI. A NEW INSCRIPTION FROM LIVERPOOL

Peter Liddel; Polly Low

doi:10.1017/S0068245415000076

AN HONORIFIC GNOME OF THE KOINON OF THE PHRIKYLADAI. A NEW INSCRIPTION FROM LIVERPOOL

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2015

Peter Liddel and

Polly Low

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Peter Liddel*: Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Polly Low: Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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This article publishes a new decree from the storerooms of Liverpool's World Museum. We provide a text and translation of the document, and discuss difficulties in reading the text as well as restorations where the stone is illegible. We offer an approximate dating of the document to the mid-third century, and suggest, on prosopographical and formulaic grounds, that it derives from Erythrae. We offer an interpretation of the status of the transaction (which describes itself as a gnome), the officials mentioned in the document, and the activities and nature of the Phrikyladai.

Η τιμητική γνώμη του κοινού των Φρικυλαδών. Μια νέα επιγραφή από το Λίβερπουλ

Το άρθρο αυτό δημοσιεύει για πρώτη φορά ένα ψήφισμα προερχόμενο από τις αποθήκες του Μουσείου του Κόσμου στο Λίβερπουλ. Παρουσιάζουμε το κείμενο και τη μετάφραση του ψηφίσματος, τις δυσκολίες στην ανάγνωση του κειμένου, καθώς και επίσης τις πιθανές συμπληρώσεις στα σημεία που το κείμενο δεν είναι αναγνώσιμο. Προτείνουμε ως χρονολόγηση του κειμένου τα μέσα του 3ου αιώνα και θεωρούμε, με βάση στοιχεία προσωπογραφίας και χρήσης τυποποιημένων εκφράσεων, ότι προέρχεται από τις Ερυθρές. Προτείνουμε ερμηνείες για τον τύπο της συνδιαλλαγής που περιέχεται στο κείμενο (η οποία εμφανίζεται ως ‘γνώμη’), για τους αξιωματούχους που αναφέρονται στο κείμενο, και για τον χαρακτήρα και τις δραστηριότητες των Φρικυλαδών.

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Information: Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 110 , November 2015 , pp. 263 - 284

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068245415000076 [Opens in a new window]
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