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PRIENE.
9
(see Plan, p. 7). Line 7 is intersected by a joint
in the wall-stone : but the stems of the letters tally
exactly, and the dowel-holes are traceable by means
of which the two blocks were joined together.
Naulochon, it appears from this edict, was re-
garded by the Prienians as their port, and stood in
their territory; its position is conjecturally marked
in Rayet, Milet et le Golfe Latmique, Pl. ii. We
can believe that many Prienians lived there, and
many foreigners also, including Samians, for pur-
poses of trade. When therefore Alexander made
Priene free from tribute (line 14), the question arose
whether the inhabitants of Naulochon should enjoy
the same exemption. Alexander apparently makes
a distinction. The Prienian inhabitants of Naulochon
(if my restorations are correct) are to be αυτόνομοί
and ελεύθεροι, (lines 3, 4), self-governed and inde-
pendent; moreover they are to retain undisputed
right over their land, and over any property they
may hold within or outside of Naulochon. The
metoiks would pay tribute to Alexander, and per-
haps a μντοίκιον to Priene. The next lines (7-10)
are broken; but they evidently referred to other
κωμαι which stood within Prienian territory. We
might perhaps restore:—0/ 8e ilp^ve[Ts οίκούντων όν |
κώ/zaty] αΐς αν δθΐ)[Τται areXefy]. Some of these
hamlets and their land Alexander decrees to be his
own (γινώσκω όμην είναι, line 11), and the inhabitants
of these dependent κωμαι are to pay tribute to him.
The inscription should be studied in connexion with
Arrian, Anabasis, i, 17, where we read how Alexander
organized the Greek territories on the western shore
of Asia Minor which he had just delivered from the
yoke of Persia, Arrian, however, makes no mention
of Priene. We must credit Alexander with the
desire to develope local self-government wherever
possible, although he was really indifferent to the
usual division of Greek parties into democrats and
oligarchs. On the terms αυτόνομος and ελεύθερος see
Droysen, Hellenismus, i, 1, p. 233. It may be as-
sumed that the words γινώσκω εμήν είναι are intended
to designate this territory as βασιλική χωρά, or royal
domain, like the lands described in an inscription
found by Dr. Schliemann at Ilion (see Droysen,
ibid, ii, 2, pp. 377 foil.). Respecting the citadel of
Priene (line 15) and the jealous care with which its
independence was guarded by the citizens, the
reader is referred to an interesting inscription
published in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, iv,
p. 237·
COCCI.
On several broken blocks from one of the antse of the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene: unpublished. Presented by the Society
of Dilettanti, 1870. Copies of b (1) and e were made at Priene by Mr. Newton from stones which were not sent to England : see
also Mittheilungen, v, p. 340, for lines 10-13. For the measurements and position of these antse-stones, see the Plan, p. 7.
a B A Σ I Λ E .
ΕΔΟΞΕΕΤΠΙΔΗΜΛΙΓΝΠΜ
ΛΕΥΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΣΕΝΤΕΤΟ
ΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΙΑΝΔΙΕΤΕ^1 ΠΟΙΟ'
5 ΤΑΝΗΑΙΝΥΝΑΡΟ^ ΛΑΣ λΥΝΑΜ
b (1) (See Cursive Text.) .
10
Δί b (2)
λΡΑ" ΤΗ
c ΣΕΙΕΙ At_ I Λ^.ΑΥ
ηΛΗΣΙΟΝ.
. ΑΙΔΕΗΑΙΒΠΜΟΝΑΥ
TONENIAYTONTC ΥΣ
ΤΗΜΡΟΛΙΝΙ<ΑΙΣΤΕΦΑ ΙΗΦΟΡΕΙΝ I C <_PC,\n/APAb
KAIPOMpni ι Σ,Υ.ΓΤ ΥΣΤΕΙΡΠΣΚΑΙΤΑΣΣΥΝΑΡΧ
ΚΑΙΤΟΥΣΡΟΛΙΤΑΣΡ/
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥΣΥΝΕΙΝ
Ν AI ΔΕΤΟ Ί Ε ΠI ΤΗΣ Δ . Ο {these last eight letters are very faint}
ΙΕΡΟΡΟΙΟΙΣΤΟΜΦΥΑ.^NA d
ΟΗΝΑΙΟΙΣΔΙΔΟΤΑΙ HNA
D
9
(see Plan, p. 7). Line 7 is intersected by a joint
in the wall-stone : but the stems of the letters tally
exactly, and the dowel-holes are traceable by means
of which the two blocks were joined together.
Naulochon, it appears from this edict, was re-
garded by the Prienians as their port, and stood in
their territory; its position is conjecturally marked
in Rayet, Milet et le Golfe Latmique, Pl. ii. We
can believe that many Prienians lived there, and
many foreigners also, including Samians, for pur-
poses of trade. When therefore Alexander made
Priene free from tribute (line 14), the question arose
whether the inhabitants of Naulochon should enjoy
the same exemption. Alexander apparently makes
a distinction. The Prienian inhabitants of Naulochon
(if my restorations are correct) are to be αυτόνομοί
and ελεύθεροι, (lines 3, 4), self-governed and inde-
pendent; moreover they are to retain undisputed
right over their land, and over any property they
may hold within or outside of Naulochon. The
metoiks would pay tribute to Alexander, and per-
haps a μντοίκιον to Priene. The next lines (7-10)
are broken; but they evidently referred to other
κωμαι which stood within Prienian territory. We
might perhaps restore:—0/ 8e ilp^ve[Ts οίκούντων όν |
κώ/zaty] αΐς αν δθΐ)[Τται areXefy]. Some of these
hamlets and their land Alexander decrees to be his
own (γινώσκω όμην είναι, line 11), and the inhabitants
of these dependent κωμαι are to pay tribute to him.
The inscription should be studied in connexion with
Arrian, Anabasis, i, 17, where we read how Alexander
organized the Greek territories on the western shore
of Asia Minor which he had just delivered from the
yoke of Persia, Arrian, however, makes no mention
of Priene. We must credit Alexander with the
desire to develope local self-government wherever
possible, although he was really indifferent to the
usual division of Greek parties into democrats and
oligarchs. On the terms αυτόνομος and ελεύθερος see
Droysen, Hellenismus, i, 1, p. 233. It may be as-
sumed that the words γινώσκω εμήν είναι are intended
to designate this territory as βασιλική χωρά, or royal
domain, like the lands described in an inscription
found by Dr. Schliemann at Ilion (see Droysen,
ibid, ii, 2, pp. 377 foil.). Respecting the citadel of
Priene (line 15) and the jealous care with which its
independence was guarded by the citizens, the
reader is referred to an interesting inscription
published in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, iv,
p. 237·
COCCI.
On several broken blocks from one of the antse of the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene: unpublished. Presented by the Society
of Dilettanti, 1870. Copies of b (1) and e were made at Priene by Mr. Newton from stones which were not sent to England : see
also Mittheilungen, v, p. 340, for lines 10-13. For the measurements and position of these antse-stones, see the Plan, p. 7.
a B A Σ I Λ E .
ΕΔΟΞΕΕΤΠΙΔΗΜΛΙΓΝΠΜ
ΛΕΥΣΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΣΕΝΤΕΤΟ
ΕΠΙΜΕΛΕΙΑΝΔΙΕΤΕ^1 ΠΟΙΟ'
5 ΤΑΝΗΑΙΝΥΝΑΡΟ^ ΛΑΣ λΥΝΑΜ
b (1) (See Cursive Text.) .
10
Δί b (2)
λΡΑ" ΤΗ
c ΣΕΙΕΙ At_ I Λ^.ΑΥ
ηΛΗΣΙΟΝ.
. ΑΙΔΕΗΑΙΒΠΜΟΝΑΥ
TONENIAYTONTC ΥΣ
ΤΗΜΡΟΛΙΝΙ<ΑΙΣΤΕΦΑ ΙΗΦΟΡΕΙΝ I C <_PC,\n/APAb
KAIPOMpni ι Σ,Υ.ΓΤ ΥΣΤΕΙΡΠΣΚΑΙΤΑΣΣΥΝΑΡΧ
ΚΑΙΤΟΥΣΡΟΛΙΤΑΣΡ/
ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥΣΥΝΕΙΝ
Ν AI ΔΕΤΟ Ί Ε ΠI ΤΗΣ Δ . Ο {these last eight letters are very faint}
ΙΕΡΟΡΟΙΟΙΣΤΟΜΦΥΑ.^NA d
ΟΗΝΑΙΟΙΣΔΙΔΟΤΑΙ HNA
D