Newton, Charles Thomas [Editor]; British Museum [Editor]: The collection of ancient Greek inscriptions in the British Museum (2) (Oxford: Clarendon, 1883)

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KIMMERIAN BOSPOROS.

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On a slab of white marble. Height, 7f in.; breadth, 6| in.
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BacriXevovTos /3aaiXea)s [^au-
poparov (PiXoKata-apos Kai <t>LXo-
paypatov Evaeflovs, trovs pr/vos
Aaeiatov . wrrjcrpas ? Kai riapOe-
vovyjyr]<TTOvs Koacrov MevavSpov
Kai yvvp Xriparatpia ? avedriKav
QaXXovaav OpeTTT^v t]pa>v vaco^vpt-
aav errl Trapapovrj, pera 8e rpv [£]®-
ppayv ppdyy dlvac avrr]v eXevde-
pa~]v vtto Ata, rtjv, " HXtov, aveTratyr^v /cap
a^veirrjpedaTriv cctto t epov Kai iravTos
KXrjpovtypov TperrecrOaL [<$’ avrftv

For similar deeds of enfranchisement found in the
Crimea, see C. I. 2114^, 2114^, 2131 b\ Stephani,
Parerga in Melanges Greco-Romaines, St. Pdters-
bourg, 1866, ii, p. 201, fol. ; Gille, Antiquites du
Bospore, Inscript, xxii, xxiii; Graefe, Inscript. Graec.
in Memoires de 1’ Ac. Imp. St. Petersbourg, 6me serie,
vi, p. 12.
The late character of the palaeography makes it
probable that the Sauromates in the heading is
the fifth king of the Bosporos of that name. He
reigned a.d. 231-33.
Line 3. After erous- the numerals are omitted
which in other inscriptions of the same class mark
the date reckoned from the era of Bosporos. After
Aawnov, line 4, are illegible letters which may either
be numerals marking the day of the month or more
probably be part of the name which follows. The
month AaticrLos occurs in another Crimean inscription
{Stephani, Compte rendu, 1863, p. 207). This seems
to be identical with the Macedonian month Aattrtos,
C. I. 2943, K. F. Hermann, Monatskuncle, pp. 52, 101.

In lines 4-6 the names which are hardly legible
may be Theotesmas and Parthenouchrestous, sons
of Kossos Menandros and Chemataeria. riapOevov-
Xpv^tovs would thus be a barbarous corruption of
the Greek name napdevoxpfjaTos. See Bockh, C. I. ii,
p. 114 and p. 117, on the prevalence of the diphthong
ov in the Maeotic dialect.
Line 7. vatovpiaav. Can this be a barbarous cor-
ruption of vatovaav in the sense of ‘ domiciled ’ ?
Line 9. The second ppdyv must be governed by
eXevOtpav,
Line 10. vtto Ata, rtjv/' HXiov. The same form
of adjuration occurs in the deed of enfranchisement
from Anapa, in Melanges Greco-Romaines, ii, p. 201,
where Stephani incorrectly reads yrroStayp.
Line 12. After KXrjpovopov there are traces of
letters which may be restored rpen-eadaL [3’ avr]^?,
compare C. I. 2114 bb, Tpe7rea[&^ai [<$’] avTOV ottov av
av€7TLKmXvTay$.
I can make nothing of line 13.