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8. THE INSCRIPTIONS
Preliminary Note
I have had the privilege to work with Lonny Bier on the epigraphy of the Bouleuterion, and I am deeply grate-
ful for the inspiration he gave me not only as a scholar, but also as one of the most amiable persons I ever had
the opportunity to meet. It must have been in the year 2000 when he asked me to participate in his project; in
the following year we found and documented most of the new and some of the old material in the epigraphic
depot. We gave a joint lecture at the Archaeological Institute in Vienna on January 23, 2002 and, in the ensuing
years, worked intermittently on the material the publication of which he unfortunately did not live to see. My
thanks go to Maria Aurenhammer and the other colleagues who took upon themselves the task of preparing
the final draft of Lonny’s manuscripts and drawings, and especially to Ursula Quatember who translated my
restoration of the architraves into drawings.
The following pages are not intended to give a full historical and epigraphical discussion on all inscriptions
found in or next to the Bouleuterion, but will focus on those texts and contents which offer information on the
history of the building. Three groups of inscriptions are relevant in this respect:
1) The three parts of the building inscription, displayed on the architrave-friezes of Vedius’ scaenae frons
(inscr. 1-3);
2) The six Imperial letters and one honorary inscription (?), presumably displayed on the scene wall or the
scaenae frons next to the middle entrance (inscr. 4-10);
3) The four inscriptions on statue bases, presumably displayed in the niches of the scaenae frons (inscr.
11-14).
8.1 Architectural Inscriptions
8.1.1 Inscription on the Upper Architrave (Inscr. 1, level 10; pls. 60; 85, 1-90. 2)
According to our reconstruction, the inscription covers the whole width of the frontal blocks of the upper
architrave, i. e. about 24 m. The letter h. is 13 cm. There are no traces of punctuation signs on the extant frag-
ments.
Ed.: Heberdey 1912, 172-173; IvE 460 (1). Both give only fr. 10-1 (Skizzenbuch 1686 D), 10-11 (1686 A),
10-12 (1686 B = 3441), and 10-14 (1686 C). Four other fragments, namely 10-3 (1686 E), 10-7 (1786 A), 10-9
(3448), 10-10 (1725 B) were already in the inscription records, one (10-13) belongs to the Basilica Stoa ex-
cavation of 1968 (inv. 068/6). The remaining five (10-2. 10-4. 10-5. 10-6. 10-8) were stored in the epigraphic
depot with no indication when or where they were found; with some confidence one might infer that these,
too, came from the Basilica Stoa campaigns during the sixties, as well as the hitherto unidentified fragments
of no. 2 and 3.
The sign | marks the edge between wall blocks and aedicula blocks (according to our reconstruction).
Ap[Tepib]i ’E(j)[Eoiou] KOt[i AvTOKpdtT]opi | [Kodo]otpi Tifrcoi] | A[iXicoi] Afbpiotvwi AvT]cov[civcoi | £c[3ao]TWi
[EvoeP|ei k]o4 tw[i oikcoi oivtov Kod Tfji npooTrii Kod] pcyio| [tt|i priTponokci | ’Aciiac Kod bi<; vcwKopwi t|wv
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8. THE INSCRIPTIONS
Preliminary Note
I have had the privilege to work with Lonny Bier on the epigraphy of the Bouleuterion, and I am deeply grate-
ful for the inspiration he gave me not only as a scholar, but also as one of the most amiable persons I ever had
the opportunity to meet. It must have been in the year 2000 when he asked me to participate in his project; in
the following year we found and documented most of the new and some of the old material in the epigraphic
depot. We gave a joint lecture at the Archaeological Institute in Vienna on January 23, 2002 and, in the ensuing
years, worked intermittently on the material the publication of which he unfortunately did not live to see. My
thanks go to Maria Aurenhammer and the other colleagues who took upon themselves the task of preparing
the final draft of Lonny’s manuscripts and drawings, and especially to Ursula Quatember who translated my
restoration of the architraves into drawings.
The following pages are not intended to give a full historical and epigraphical discussion on all inscriptions
found in or next to the Bouleuterion, but will focus on those texts and contents which offer information on the
history of the building. Three groups of inscriptions are relevant in this respect:
1) The three parts of the building inscription, displayed on the architrave-friezes of Vedius’ scaenae frons
(inscr. 1-3);
2) The six Imperial letters and one honorary inscription (?), presumably displayed on the scene wall or the
scaenae frons next to the middle entrance (inscr. 4-10);
3) The four inscriptions on statue bases, presumably displayed in the niches of the scaenae frons (inscr.
11-14).
8.1 Architectural Inscriptions
8.1.1 Inscription on the Upper Architrave (Inscr. 1, level 10; pls. 60; 85, 1-90. 2)
According to our reconstruction, the inscription covers the whole width of the frontal blocks of the upper
architrave, i. e. about 24 m. The letter h. is 13 cm. There are no traces of punctuation signs on the extant frag-
ments.
Ed.: Heberdey 1912, 172-173; IvE 460 (1). Both give only fr. 10-1 (Skizzenbuch 1686 D), 10-11 (1686 A),
10-12 (1686 B = 3441), and 10-14 (1686 C). Four other fragments, namely 10-3 (1686 E), 10-7 (1786 A), 10-9
(3448), 10-10 (1725 B) were already in the inscription records, one (10-13) belongs to the Basilica Stoa ex-
cavation of 1968 (inv. 068/6). The remaining five (10-2. 10-4. 10-5. 10-6. 10-8) were stored in the epigraphic
depot with no indication when or where they were found; with some confidence one might infer that these,
too, came from the Basilica Stoa campaigns during the sixties, as well as the hitherto unidentified fragments
of no. 2 and 3.
The sign | marks the edge between wall blocks and aedicula blocks (according to our reconstruction).
Ap[Tepib]i ’E(j)[Eoiou] KOt[i AvTOKpdtT]opi | [Kodo]otpi Tifrcoi] | A[iXicoi] Afbpiotvwi AvT]cov[civcoi | £c[3ao]TWi
[EvoeP|ei k]o4 tw[i oikcoi oivtov Kod Tfji npooTrii Kod] pcyio| [tt|i priTponokci | ’Aciiac Kod bi<; vcwKopwi t|wv
EePocotgov | ’E^echcjov jt] 6Xe[i Tfji ykuKVTdtTr|i jrocTpiSi]
