Research Article

New Inscriptions from Smyrna

Volume: 22 November 15, 2021
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New Inscriptions from Smyrna

Abstract

The latest corpus of the inscriptions from Smyrna was published by Georg Petzl in Die Inschriften von Smyrna, Teil II,2: Addenda, Corrigenda und Indices, in series of Inschriften griechische Städte aus Kleinasien, volume 24,2, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt, in 1990. New inscriptions from Smyrna after Petzl’s corpus have not been collected as addenda. In the present article it is aimed to make an addition to the corpus with the presentation of 14 inscriptions and fragments newly found during the excavations of the agora and theatre of Smyrna conducted by associate professor Akın Ersoy from İzmir Katip Çelebi University since 2007. Some inscriptions discovered around the agora and theatre, mainly at Kadifekale, but not belonging to the excavation area were also included to the study as an epigraphic material of ancient Smyrna. The inscriptions unearthed in the agora of Smyrna are mostly spolia used in the construction of different buildings over two millennia as it was occupied till to modern years. There are only three complete inscriptions and they are funeral. The rest of the inscriptions are very fragmentary. The group of the inscriptions found in the excavation of the theatre of Smyrna are subject of interest for the use and construction phases of the theatre. On a cornice piece composed of two lines the names of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla as Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius were identified. Two inscriptions found on the blocks of room walls in the 1st floor of the stage building are recorded to show places of actors. One of them records instruments of Bassus and children of Thessaloniki. The other belongs to a mimologus with the name of Iulius who is attested as mimologus Iulius in a funerary inscription from Smyrna. On two blocks found above the proskenion a certain Eustochius is defined as magnificentissimus, illustris and father possibly for the father of the city.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

November 15, 2021

Submission Date

August 27, 2021

Acceptance Date

October 17, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 22

APA
Ersoy, A., & Tekoğlu, Ş. R. (2021). New Inscriptions from Smyrna. Gephyra, 22, 167-180. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.987927
AMA
1.Ersoy A, Tekoğlu ŞR. New Inscriptions from Smyrna. GEPHYRA. 2021;22:167-180. doi:10.37095/gephyra.987927
Chicago
Ersoy, Akin, and Şeyhmus Recai Tekoğlu. 2021. “New Inscriptions from Smyrna”. Gephyra 22 (November): 167-80. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.987927.
EndNote
Ersoy A, Tekoğlu ŞR (November 1, 2021) New Inscriptions from Smyrna. Gephyra 22 167–180.
IEEE
[1]A. Ersoy and Ş. R. Tekoğlu, “New Inscriptions from Smyrna”, GEPHYRA, vol. 22, pp. 167–180, Nov. 2021, doi: 10.37095/gephyra.987927.
ISNAD
Ersoy, Akin - Tekoğlu, Şeyhmus Recai. “New Inscriptions from Smyrna”. Gephyra 22 (November 1, 2021): 167-180. https://doi.org/10.37095/gephyra.987927.
JAMA
1.Ersoy A, Tekoğlu ŞR. New Inscriptions from Smyrna. GEPHYRA. 2021;22:167–180.
MLA
Ersoy, Akin, and Şeyhmus Recai Tekoğlu. “New Inscriptions from Smyrna”. Gephyra, vol. 22, Nov. 2021, pp. 167-80, doi:10.37095/gephyra.987927.
Vancouver
1.Akin Ersoy, Şeyhmus Recai Tekoğlu. New Inscriptions from Smyrna. GEPHYRA. 2021 Nov. 1;22:167-80. doi:10.37095/gephyra.987927

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