Inscriptions from the Cyzicus District, 1906

Author(s): F. W. Hasluck
Source: The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 27 (1907), pp. 61-67
Published by: The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
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 INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CYZICUS DISTRICT, 1906.

[ROUTES followed: (a) Panderma, Mihallitch, Kermasti, Kavakly,

Susurlu, Eski Manyas, Yeni Manyas, Alexa, Panderma; (b) Panderma, Erdek,
Karabogha, Gunen, Pomak Keui, Hautcha, Panderma; (c) Soma, Balukiser,
Mudania, Brusa.]

1. Panderma, in private possession: stele 0'40x0"25 m., top broken,

witlh relief:
(1.) Worshipper with sheep; altar; (r.) Apollo standing, with kithara in
left hand, patera in right. Below (letters "015):

HAIOA .PO 'HkXd ,pox

AflO AA. NI 'Aw6Xawvt.
The relief is of a type very commonly found in the district; cf. J.H.S.
xxiii. 87 (39), xxiv. 20 (1), xxv. 58 (13).

2. Kermasti, at the Konak. Two fragments of white marble epistyle,

consisting of dentils, frieze of bucrania, and double architrave: both frag-
ments have been broken across. The architriave is 0"12 m. deep, the whole
epistyle 030. The architrave is inscribed in letters "02 high with apices and
broken crossbars in H, E :-

(a) 0"64 long, frieze missing:

I-ITOTOA EI TO N TI-INAFA e-IN TI-I

E < TO N I A I.O NE Y X I-IM Of

(b) 0"60 long:
TON NA ONA YTI-I 1 A TE E1< E YA F1

(c) A third fragment, 0"33 long, in the garden of the museum at Brusa,
reads :

) AE f TYXI-INKAlI
)P YPOfTiAl-I"
The whole therefore runs:

MetX]rro'oXetJJv 7"rv cTyaOuv T'?7R Wr]heXw9 Tiyrlv KaL 70') vabv av7?79i
,a7-o-,E~ac ,
eK TCO7V 1StfI~v E;crXjiwOv wo0P~vPOwc;XtC.

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 62 F. W. HASLUCK

These fragments probably came from an excavation on the site of

Miletopolis at the fifth kilometre stone from Kermasti on the road to
Mihallitch, where I have seen at various times a quantity of Roman
architectural detail including green marble shafts, white marble twisted
columns, elaborate circular ceiling panels, and various fragments of archi-
traves, etc. The site was apparently plundered for the building of the
mosque at Kavakly, where there is a corresponding green marble column
A Tyche, not specially characterized as a City Tyche, and never in a temple,
occurs on Miletopolitan coins of Crispina, J. Domna, Gordian III. (medallion)
and Otacilia (Mionnet, ii. Nos. 363, 364, 368, 371).

3. Ibid.: Yellowish marble slab, broken top and bottom, 0"35 m. (left
edge)--029 (right edge) high, 0"20 broad, "085 thick: dowel holes in both
edges: letters "01--0075 high. From two squeezes1:
II,

IAo B oHCEI r'-, ,

\r r~o'l ~AT I TATIN414 o }P
ryrnalkToAlPX
y IyA
do Yl< PAT F.. rvnAiN?Ioz^P
oEYTE I AyToEYN?'O A
IAPTYPElolIA EYrr"l IroopOZrIN
.A<H? ZtP
,@~p,.rr okPI
\Ci EI NoyETle ' e'II
r 'odeywrreacV
'YXHNNO IT I 1' A o PArI
OoNOjAI~ ~'r * (1\A 4 A AZV~~I.
I ..() M) 1 . B oYE/TYoy T PoN

lEIAE2EXoY
\O0" e NrII^T)Ak,
N ?.Ir. f<E HUENC :.
PoP IJ
\pF-HFF r A ,I EllEI
"l.,i H, / IYPY T,
,'<ptT0oiM4>o0B0'
?V/ t:EAWAIPIFtl pEE
IN' ^"A O s\A r rPo> rV'ONHr
IAOIc''YNo " rc.k<Y' I-rceulo
Xopo'T.AMY
-y N oY" ",IPor0
r--EIE ElA ^~,PA ,o'ExoYr
IA^yoy
n, f' "MHI I~hY~x r
41 A EATTEXoir HPrr'rpoAEXo-'
OIloZ Flv oT) XPA ^lfYIZMEPor
A.' AI, YAAZZE yTaHrl IANAX
1',\~~IXApI=O'IxAoE
"1P~co~ E''ad~ ~EY ,
v~)E/ 5 y
YBPI MMF"' EI rlJZTE74, FUA
y*H(~rmuf'lNo'Yr'^o'TEI

-r" " /
1 The better is too broken for reproduction, whence discrepancies between the facsimile and
transliteration.

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 INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CYZICUS DISTRICT, 1906. 63

rE(p)as e ..
6]vpLOi' KCpa7-L. 77-tictv sbthos[p~vet.

i~]6IK~a ~eirye. yvvaK~ cpx[e.

cavrov e 'rol[et?
e;rrpoaryopos yivo[v. 5
5 rfl~ovj3sg /cpd-ret. arrooKpvov Edy Katpto[t.

7~7e- t fET' dckXel[a9.

7-] povotav (ri1tta ?). auaprtav FLera[voet.
hkOaXCLoi KpaTE[t.

btXlav 4bvXaa''e. 10
~b]tXiav drycC~ra. fovXeov XpoVW[L.

10 4E]vatGEia9 (d'rr)~xov. rrp[a]oae oirv v61.opt.

r[o SiK ?]atov v LLE.
&6tav &'WKE.
6o6votav a'TEcet.
,a]y evo[ 9] Kcava pov[ et. 15
7-paio-Oe &/cata. crrd~Tjyra Kp7Tre.
7]b Kparo0pt odfov.
Xpv~ 7ritr~vE.
15 C/uiXOts EUVOCt.
vaie rrpbs ?)Sovlv.
~]x~po'9 4Fttvov. 7rpooicvest ' Be Oio[v 20
c-V~flf~veL9 ac-KEL~.
Katpopl, rrpoTSEXO[V.
A'Xpav Setahov.
,.Liaojovo9 7Ivov.
y/pav 7rpoGCiXov.
20 r]eh i'&La ~bu'ao-ce.
Xpo rC& t c- evUy povr[t. 25
~1Xcot xap(~ov.
eofrnlav d?i?c[et.
#e080 aEt.Xvo[v.

7-XoUTeL 4. . . 30
25 ... otL. 6,ioX6oy[ e .t.

The date of this curious collection of aphorisms seems from the ortho-
graphy and lettering to be about 300 B.c. Its purpose will probably never
be known unless the preamble of it or a similar inscription comes to
light.
The following copies of inscriptions were courteously communicated to
me by Mr. D. A. Renjipiris of the Rdgie.

4. Alpat Keui:

THFONAPETHZE arpa]rryov aper7j7 7[ve-

K<AIEYNOIAITHXE ica] Kcal Evola9 7iT e[l9 Eavuv?

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 64 F. W. HASLUCK

5. Melde (the site of Miletopolis): stone with right edge broken.

ERRATAO V AE

ITINIARMINIA in<i> Arm(e)nia

BENDOMITIO su]b (C)n. Domitio [Corbulon-?
EIEG i e (1)eg[atus ? Caesar- ?
SAVGPROPR is Aug: pro pr[aetore ?
PFSCAASPRO
OHONOR C -AVS honor[is] caus[a ?
AHP AnAPAX El MAt dE 'A/3S]8pa rapaXteido[ac
nONAION

The Latin is evidently ignorantly copied, but the mention of Armenia

suggests that the inscription refers to a legate of Cn. Domitius Corbulo,
possibly Ummidius Quadratus (Dessau Prosop. Romn. 600), whose family later
held office in Asia; but conjecture is unprofitable till a better copy of the
inscription is to hand.

6. M elde: letters with capices, A, E with disconnected cross-strokes:-

TITO C / TITov PX[aoi"ioF

OYIOYAC TITov (v)loi 'Acr[xxrrr-
PEINAAF tdB8, Kv]pelva 6rr[ovEX&ar
TEIMACT.NCEBAC T-eL/h 7"r1 EP/3a-[T(v Ev 7-0
AHTOnOAE ITONIEP Me't]XX-roroXeT&w, lep
XHC AC Kai yvr/Vlao'tap]xroa ' ?
7. Melde :

OAH[MO]I 6 8i[1o]F
NAIONnOMnHIONFNAO F]vitov Hollrriov Frva(t)o[v
ONMAFNONAYTOKPATOPA vi]ov Myvov, abroKpadopa

3TPITON.OTHPAKAIEYEP TJ]o 7pToli, oT-(07pa Kat E;ep-

ETHNTOYTEAHMOYKAI 7y]1r ) 700 r7 84IOV Kal
THIAZIAInA HEEnO 7Tj7 'AoIas' 7rfrlc, drr' -
THNrHITEKAI?AAA Wr]Trl y7 T'e Kait aXdo-
HZAPETHIENE<AIAI a-]rs, &pe7r) TfKa KaT
NOIAtEIZEYAYTON Ev]voiaS els C<v>avrov.

Other honorary inscriptions of Pompey in Asia have been found at

Thymbra 2 and in Mytilene.3 The present dates from the passing of the
Manilian law (66 B.C.), but Pompey is not known to have been in this

district at the
el, Cav1b0v time,
seem thoughpersonal
to imply oawripa relations.
eal e'epyErV o ' 6 0 " omakes
Miletopolis v evola
itsiveKa
first

2 C.I.G. 3608= Dirpfeld, Troja, 58. . G. 163-5.

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 INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE CYZICUS DISTRICT, 1906. 65

appearance in history as the scene of Fimbria's victory over Mithradates in

85 B.c.4

The character of the above group of inscriptions especially the early (3)
and the important (7) makes the attribution to Cyzicus of the long series of
inscriptions from Ulubad more than ever problematical.

8. Yali Chiftlik: copy of M. Alphonse Serafimoff.

A AA HITYXHI 'Aya6li TvX'/.

AYPCWNPONIOC Aip. Zwbp6vuto
0ENEnHEfl HON Oe3 7Tr?K
AIONYECW KEBP-N Atovnay Ke/fprv[t ?
EYXAPICTHPION eXapto-T'rpLov.
Dedications to Dionysus are scarce in the district (Lebas 1100, Mihallitch,
Ath. Mitth. ix. 17 (3), Panderma, J.H.S. xxv. 57 (7), Gunen): Bromios and
Mystae are miientioned in an inscription of Beychiftlik (= Yali-chiftlik) B.C.H.
xxv. 874 (20)=- revosdby i. 330 (12).

9. Yeni Manyas, in the street: marble block 0"77 m. x 0"64 with relief
of wreath in sunk panel; below, inscription, 0"29 deep, in letters "02 high,
much worn and defaced.
OY . .. AHO
. ......... OMOG
THAIOZTHE

ITE4ANOYZE ITO

'ANTAAIAI. N.O
I'. .A ANOOIN IA
H'ANTAA AIA I.
IITE ANOY N BO
NO?ETH" IrE
The honorary character of the monument is shewn by the relief and the
frequent occurrence of or& avov and aimiow in the mangled inscription.

Tchakyrdja:-
10. In private house: fragment of slab with sunk panel; on edge, in
letters of late form "03 m. high:
ICANTIOXOY 03o']t 'Arto6Xov.

4 C.LG. 6855. Cf. Memnon 34, Frontin. iii. 17. 5. Oros. vi. 2. 10.
H.S.-VOL. XXVII. F

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 66 F. W. HASLUCK

11. Step of school-house: altar-shaped stone, 1'10 m. broad, 0"50 high.

Along the upper profile (letters "035):
3CECTfCTICT <-. 0'45 -> AI-MATIEI

U7TeOvv]o0 g-7~ T(i)s T[vyU,-pvXlaX E'yc]t3"r a7L [ e E~ 'r etc.

12. In private house: marble stele, 0"75 x 0?48 m., with relief of (from
left) four worshippers, sacrifice of bull, large plain altar. Below (letters "02
high):

MEAEAFPOEKAI6IEOEENO I MeXEaypo9 xcal Oeofv~.o

KAIMENANAPOIOInP.TOMAXOY cat Mivavpos o IIporo/duXoU
AIIBPONTAIflIEYXHN Ad Bpovraico ebXrYv.
The stone is said to be from a site between Tchakyrdja and Hadji Paon.
The dedication to Zeus Brontaios is interesting in connexion with the
autonomous coin-types of Poemanenum,5 Obv. Zeus head; Rev. Fulmen.
Zeus Hypsistos Brontaios is mentioned in an inscription from Mihallitch
(Lebas 1099=Mon. Fig. P1. 133., and p. 115= Rev. Philol. i. 38=Ath. Mitth.
iv. 21. Tchinili Kiosk Catal. Sculp. 126).

Pomak Keui (left bank of Aesepus, half an hour below Gunen):-

13. In the street: marble block, 0"91 m. x 0485, "05 thick, letters "045
much worn:
1i AIOLI II EIOInAPANFEAAIFA II
31 TI-I N AEYI< EANKI<Ofl TOY IN
HNAPINKAI. r. \TINAAI1F
Fl IFI Illu IIOIITOYT4.
,IOY
FAflOII TfT
N ITI

'Io]aXow (Ip)eitov 'rapavy'\XL rciot

7]o 7 "r. XevicE(a)v ic6wr'ovo't [ oirvat ?

The stone is said to have come from a site on the left bank of the
Aesepus opposite the hot springs of Gunen.
XevlKa=(1) XEvxala, the white poplar, (2) oXoivoc (Hesych.), rope: an
announcement engraved on stone can only refer to the former. The white
poplar was associated with Zeus and Herakles (see Frazer on Pans. v. 5. 5,
Boetticher, Baumnkultus, p. 441 sqq.) and the tree referred to may have been
one of special sanctity: it is noteworthy that Julius Primus does not forbid
the cutting, but makes a tariff-charge as if cutting was habitual.6
SJ.H.S. xxvi. 23 ff. known from a Coan inscription (B.C.tt. xxiii.
6 A festival called AeVvpo1dmlov Y r s "Hpas is 208).

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14. In a garden: stele, 0"64 x 0'33, with relief of man on couch, woman
seated, table, and two slaves flanking the group: below (letters, "015):
APTEMEI 'ApreZC
ANTITTATPOY 'Avt7rrdrpov
X 1 PE Xape.
14a. The inscription, republished with a commentary by Dr. Wilhelm in
Beitrige zur Alten Geschichte (v. (1905), pp. 293-302), is still to be seen in the
,hancel of the church of S. Nicholas at Chavutzi (Kiepert's Hiautcha). The
stone measures 0"85 x 0"63 m., the left edge being entire: my copy agrees with
Limnios', except that he omitted to note two upright strokes remaining from
a line above his first, and the possibly significant fact that his first line
ITPA . . is set back from the left edge of the stone, as if it had formed the
heading (1Tpa[~'yyol ?). Noticeable peculiarities in the lettering are (a) thin-
ness of strokes throughout; (b) tendency to cross the ends of coincident
diagonal lines (s, X, etc.), which gives somewhat the effect of apices;
(c) variation in form of letters: thus p in oTpa . . is written R, elsewhere P,
11 varies between fT and TI; (d) variation in size of letters: they are
normally (ll. 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15) 025 high, but rise to "03 in 11. 4-8, 10, to
?0325 in 1. 1 and to "045 in 1. 12. These irregularities suggest that the
names were added to the list year by year.

15. Tchatal-Aghil, near Brusa, church of Theologos; slab 0"82 by

0"66: in tabula ansata 0'32 x 0"18, letters "025 :
E Y BO YAE E130ovXe
?EO(IAOY eeobiXkov
PE Eal]pe.
Below, relief of Herm in niche.
This stone was seen by Stephan Gerlach (1576) 'half-way between
Ulubad and Brusa.' 7
F. W. HASLUCK.

I Tiirckisches Tagebuch (Frankfurt, 1674), p. 257.

F2

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