92
8. THE INSCRIPTIONS (H. Taeuber)
Ed.: IvE 1489 (with reference to earlier publications); Oliver 1989, no. 135 A.
Lit.: Collas-Heddeland 1995, 410-429; Fontani 1997, 232-233; Engelmann 1999b, 163; Steskal 2001, 188;
Kalinowski 2002, 138-144
AvTOKpdtTwp Kapoap 0eov Ab]piavou
vi6<;, 0eov Tpawtvfov Hap0iKov uiwvjoc,
0eov Nepovot EKyov[o<; Titoc AiXioc Abpi]avo<;
Avtcoveivo^ EePotofToc;, dpxispsuc; ps]yiOTO(;,
bqpotpxiKfjc; E^ouoiafc; to , auTOKparap to 0',] unaToc
to y', 7TotTi)p narpiboc ’E(j)E[oiwv t]or; [apxouoi Kod Tfji] 0ouXfji
~ Kod t[wi b]fpLioor xodpfeiv]
HEpyapqvofuc; d]7TE[bE]^dpqv ev tor; npfdc ugod; y]pdppacnv
Xpqoapsvofuc; to]r; 6v6p[a]oiv oh; cyL xpfjoOoti ti)v noXiv
ti)v vjiETEpav [dOT]E(j)[q]vdpqw oipat be Kod Epupvaiouc; Kara
TVXpv 7rapaX[EX]ouTEvai Taura ev tco nspi Tfj<; ouvOuoiac;
ipq^iopaTi, tou Xourou be ekovtoc Euyvwpovf|OEiv, sdv
Kai vgEu; ev tor; npdc auraix; ypdppaoiv ov npoor]KEi
rponov Kai KEKpirai Tijc; jtoXeox; auT&v (j)aivq[o0]E gEgvq-
[p]evol to ipf|(j)i(jpa EJTEjnpEv EouXhikioc louXiavoc 6 E7r[iT]po7r6(; gov.
EUTUXCITE.
[to] b£ ipf|(j)i(jpa EjroipoEv ypappaTEUWv H6(jtXio(;) Ovqbioc; Avtw[ve]ivo(;
“Imperator [Caesar T. Aelius Hadrian] Antoninus [Augustus], son of [divus] Hadrian, [grandson] of divus
[Trajan Parthicus, great-grandson] of divus Nerva, [pontifex] maximus, tribunician [power for the-time,
imperator for the second time], thrice consul, pater patriae, to the [archons], council, demos [of the Ephesians],
greetings.
I approved the way the Pergamenes in their epistle to you employed the titles which I permitted your city to
use, I think that the Smyrneans have omitted them accidentally in the decree concerning the joint sacrifice and
that in the future they will comply willingly, if, that is, you too appear in your letters to them to be mentioning
their city in the manner that is becoming and has been decided. Sulpicius lulianus, my procurator, sent me the
decree. Farewell. Publius Vedius Antoninus as secretary drafted the decree.” (Translation J. H. Oliver, slightly
changed.)
Further copies of same text: IvE 1489A, found built into a wall of the Harbour Gymnasium, and IvE 1490
whose precise find-spot is unknown.
In this famous letter of Antoninus Pius the emperor attempted to mediate claims of the Ephesians, Pergam-
on and Smyrna at the same time. There must have been great general interest because three copies existed in
Ephesos. The letter was also of special importance for Vedius, since, in his quality as secretary of the assembly
(in a rather early stage of his career345), he was responsible for its publication.
8.2.4 Letter of Antoninus Pius to the Demos of Ephesos concerning Building Activities of Vedius
Antoninus (145 A.D., Inscr. 7; pl. 64, 1)
This is the first of three letters (with nos. 8 and 9), all with reference to Vedius, which are written on two adjoin-
ing marble slabs (many fragments preserved) of the later revetment, h. 92 cm, w. (of the left slab) 157 cm, d.
2,5 cm, letter h. 4 (line 1) - 2,5 cm (from line 4 on). Now (reconstructed) in the British Museum.
Ed.: IvE 1491 (with reference to earlier publications); Oliver 1989, no. 138.
345 Schulte 1994, no. 93.
8. THE INSCRIPTIONS (H. Taeuber)
Ed.: IvE 1489 (with reference to earlier publications); Oliver 1989, no. 135 A.
Lit.: Collas-Heddeland 1995, 410-429; Fontani 1997, 232-233; Engelmann 1999b, 163; Steskal 2001, 188;
Kalinowski 2002, 138-144
AvTOKpdtTwp Kapoap 0eov Ab]piavou
vi6<;, 0eov Tpawtvfov Hap0iKov uiwvjoc,
0eov Nepovot EKyov[o<; Titoc AiXioc Abpi]avo<;
Avtcoveivo^ EePotofToc;, dpxispsuc; ps]yiOTO(;,
bqpotpxiKfjc; E^ouoiafc; to , auTOKparap to 0',] unaToc
to y', 7TotTi)p narpiboc ’E(j)E[oiwv t]or; [apxouoi Kod Tfji] 0ouXfji
~ Kod t[wi b]fpLioor xodpfeiv]
HEpyapqvofuc; d]7TE[bE]^dpqv ev tor; npfdc ugod; y]pdppacnv
Xpqoapsvofuc; to]r; 6v6p[a]oiv oh; cyL xpfjoOoti ti)v noXiv
ti)v vjiETEpav [dOT]E(j)[q]vdpqw oipat be Kod Epupvaiouc; Kara
TVXpv 7rapaX[EX]ouTEvai Taura ev tco nspi Tfj<; ouvOuoiac;
ipq^iopaTi, tou Xourou be ekovtoc Euyvwpovf|OEiv, sdv
Kai vgEu; ev tor; npdc auraix; ypdppaoiv ov npoor]KEi
rponov Kai KEKpirai Tijc; jtoXeox; auT&v (j)aivq[o0]E gEgvq-
[p]evol to ipf|(j)i(jpa EJTEjnpEv EouXhikioc louXiavoc 6 E7r[iT]po7r6(; gov.
EUTUXCITE.
[to] b£ ipf|(j)i(jpa EjroipoEv ypappaTEUWv H6(jtXio(;) Ovqbioc; Avtw[ve]ivo(;
“Imperator [Caesar T. Aelius Hadrian] Antoninus [Augustus], son of [divus] Hadrian, [grandson] of divus
[Trajan Parthicus, great-grandson] of divus Nerva, [pontifex] maximus, tribunician [power for the-time,
imperator for the second time], thrice consul, pater patriae, to the [archons], council, demos [of the Ephesians],
greetings.
I approved the way the Pergamenes in their epistle to you employed the titles which I permitted your city to
use, I think that the Smyrneans have omitted them accidentally in the decree concerning the joint sacrifice and
that in the future they will comply willingly, if, that is, you too appear in your letters to them to be mentioning
their city in the manner that is becoming and has been decided. Sulpicius lulianus, my procurator, sent me the
decree. Farewell. Publius Vedius Antoninus as secretary drafted the decree.” (Translation J. H. Oliver, slightly
changed.)
Further copies of same text: IvE 1489A, found built into a wall of the Harbour Gymnasium, and IvE 1490
whose precise find-spot is unknown.
In this famous letter of Antoninus Pius the emperor attempted to mediate claims of the Ephesians, Pergam-
on and Smyrna at the same time. There must have been great general interest because three copies existed in
Ephesos. The letter was also of special importance for Vedius, since, in his quality as secretary of the assembly
(in a rather early stage of his career345), he was responsible for its publication.
8.2.4 Letter of Antoninus Pius to the Demos of Ephesos concerning Building Activities of Vedius
Antoninus (145 A.D., Inscr. 7; pl. 64, 1)
This is the first of three letters (with nos. 8 and 9), all with reference to Vedius, which are written on two adjoin-
ing marble slabs (many fragments preserved) of the later revetment, h. 92 cm, w. (of the left slab) 157 cm, d.
2,5 cm, letter h. 4 (line 1) - 2,5 cm (from line 4 on). Now (reconstructed) in the British Museum.
Ed.: IvE 1491 (with reference to earlier publications); Oliver 1989, no. 138.
345 Schulte 1994, no. 93.