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APPENDIX I.
INSCRIPTIONS.
29. (R. 1883) Bekirli, 6 brjp.os 6 'lepairoXeiTuv kcu 6 hfjfxos 0 Aiovvuo-
tto[\€ltG>v Kal] 6 bfjpos 6 BXavvbecav Kat. r[b] Kowb\y t]ov 'TpyaXeoiv irebCov
freip-qaav \KoC\vrov UXamiov Ovev[&Ka], The four states named here are
evidently neighbours, the four self-governing1 states of the district.
Motella, Mossyna, Thiounta, &c, must therefore be either mere villages
in the territory of the greater states or dependent townships {civitates
attributae). It must have been on some important occasion, and in honour
of some official, that these four states united in this honorary decree.
The idea that first suggests itself is that Plautius must have been
proconsul of Asia : against this the entire omission of the title constitutes
an argument, and it is possible that he was a subordinate official (though
the omission of the title1 is almost as unusual in that case). As to the
occasion, I have little doubt that it was the construction of a road
connecting the four states, and benefiting all of them. They and they
alone would benefit by a road leading up from Hierapolis to the plateau.
The close connexion of Hierapolis, Dionysopolis, and the Hyrgaleis, is
vouched for by the ecclesiastical district of Phrygia Hierapolitana,
Ch. Ill App. III. The construction of this road would fully explain
the remarkable union of these four states in this decree.
30. CBi. 1888). (i) 6 btjfxos 6 ®LOVvriu)V eTeijJ,rjcrev orr;A.A?7 «e crTetpdvui
(Pparpav TrjVirepl 0eo'§(o)roz' Aioyeveiavbv Kal TXvKuiva Aiobdpov ayoivoOirriv.
©eoSoT-o? ALoyeveiavos. TXvkcov Aiobupov aycovoOerris. Zev^LS Aiob(6pov
"Airiras ayopaaas tottov ottjAtjs. Mevavbpos FkvKwvos. Zwcripios Kvpros.
Evtvxvs Eiapov. MeyeKA^s ' A\(e)£avbpov. Avkwtos 'AttoAAcozuou. (2) Aio-
buipos b' Vopyiwv. Aiobcopos p XepvXov. Mevavbpos bis Kvpcov^os). 'AOrj-
vayopas 'AimoWttiviov 2a/3us. 'A[TreA.]A.£8?js Aiobdpov ©eo'cpiAfosj. 'Atto\-
(A)wm(o)s......ZeS^ts . . . . iri] ... .v . Zeu^ts KpvcrCwvos- (3) Zcoo-t/xos
1 It is quite probable that the reverse concealed in the wall of the mosque,
side of the column, which is at present would explain the situation.
INSCRIPTIONS.
29. (R. 1883) Bekirli, 6 brjp.os 6 'lepairoXeiTuv kcu 6 hfjfxos 0 Aiovvuo-
tto[\€ltG>v Kal] 6 bfjpos 6 BXavvbecav Kat. r[b] Kowb\y t]ov 'TpyaXeoiv irebCov
freip-qaav \KoC\vrov UXamiov Ovev[&Ka], The four states named here are
evidently neighbours, the four self-governing1 states of the district.
Motella, Mossyna, Thiounta, &c, must therefore be either mere villages
in the territory of the greater states or dependent townships {civitates
attributae). It must have been on some important occasion, and in honour
of some official, that these four states united in this honorary decree.
The idea that first suggests itself is that Plautius must have been
proconsul of Asia : against this the entire omission of the title constitutes
an argument, and it is possible that he was a subordinate official (though
the omission of the title1 is almost as unusual in that case). As to the
occasion, I have little doubt that it was the construction of a road
connecting the four states, and benefiting all of them. They and they
alone would benefit by a road leading up from Hierapolis to the plateau.
The close connexion of Hierapolis, Dionysopolis, and the Hyrgaleis, is
vouched for by the ecclesiastical district of Phrygia Hierapolitana,
Ch. Ill App. III. The construction of this road would fully explain
the remarkable union of these four states in this decree.
30. CBi. 1888). (i) 6 btjfxos 6 ®LOVvriu)V eTeijJ,rjcrev orr;A.A?7 «e crTetpdvui
(Pparpav TrjVirepl 0eo'§(o)roz' Aioyeveiavbv Kal TXvKuiva Aiobdpov ayoivoOirriv.
©eoSoT-o? ALoyeveiavos. TXvkcov Aiobupov aycovoOerris. Zev^LS Aiob(6pov
"Airiras ayopaaas tottov ottjAtjs. Mevavbpos FkvKwvos. Zwcripios Kvpros.
Evtvxvs Eiapov. MeyeKA^s ' A\(e)£avbpov. Avkwtos 'AttoAAcozuou. (2) Aio-
buipos b' Vopyiwv. Aiobcopos p XepvXov. Mevavbpos bis Kvpcov^os). 'AOrj-
vayopas 'AimoWttiviov 2a/3us. 'A[TreA.]A.£8?js Aiobdpov ©eo'cpiAfosj. 'Atto\-
(A)wm(o)s......ZeS^ts . . . . iri] ... .v . Zeu^ts KpvcrCwvos- (3) Zcoo-t/xos
1 It is quite probable that the reverse concealed in the wall of the mosque,
side of the column, which is at present would explain the situation.