Research Article

New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi

Volume: 25 May 16, 2023
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New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi

Abstract

In this paper, four new honorific inscriptions from Aizanoi are presented. All of the inscriptions have been found in Çavdarhisar during the excavation seasons of 2021 and 2022 and excluding n. 2, the stones are rectangular bomos-type statue bases. Inscriptions are dated to the Roman Imperial Period. N.1 is the honorary inscription of Lucius Claudius Lepidus who was the life-long high priest of the emperor in the reign of Commodus. He was the chief priest of Asia and the neokoros of the temples in Smyrna. The inscription was erected by the phyle Asklepias, the name of which first came into light due to the excavations in the theater in 2020. N. 2 is a honorific inscription of a chreophylakes whose name is unfortunately missing. Chreophylakia was a prominent public office in Aizanoi, as seen in the honorific inscriptions of the city’s elite citizens. N. 3 and n. 4 are rectangular bomos-type statue bases. Both of them are honours of the “πατρίς”. Although ἡ πατρὶς occurs frequently in the inscriptions of Aizanoi, it was in the nominative case in only two published examples. N. 3 belongs to Philiskos, son of Philiskos, the ephebos. Finally, n. 4 is the statue base of Neikostratos, son of Dionysios, the stephanephoros, honoured by his fatherland.

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English

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Research Article

Publication Date

May 16, 2023

Submission Date

February 22, 2023

Acceptance Date

April 6, 2023

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Year 2023 Volume: 25

APA
Özlem Aytaçlar, P. (2023). New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi. Gephyra, 25, 69-75. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1254915
AMA
1.Özlem Aytaçlar P. New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi. GEPHYRA. 2023;25:69-75. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1254915
Chicago
Özlem Aytaçlar, Pınar. 2023. “New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi”. Gephyra 25 (May): 69-75. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1254915.
EndNote
Özlem Aytaçlar P (May 1, 2023) New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi. Gephyra 25 69–75.
IEEE
[1]P. Özlem Aytaçlar, “New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi”, GEPHYRA, vol. 25, pp. 69–75, May 2023, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.1254915.
ISNAD
Özlem Aytaçlar, Pınar. “New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi”. Gephyra 25 (May 1, 2023): 69-75. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.1254915.
JAMA
1.Özlem Aytaçlar P. New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi. GEPHYRA. 2023;25:69–75.
MLA
Özlem Aytaçlar, Pınar. “New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi”. Gephyra, vol. 25, May 2023, pp. 69-75, doi:10.37095/gephyra.1254915.
Vancouver
1.Pınar Özlem Aytaçlar. New Honorary Inscriptions from Aizanoi. GEPHYRA. 2023 May 1;25:69-75. doi:10.37095/gephyra.1254915