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388 X. EUMEN EI A.
nizes, the form ' the god' was widely used by the pagans: at the same
time I must so far agree with him that this ' servant of the great god/
with his Semitic name, does not seem to be the adherent of any local
cult. In the mutilated lines 7-8, he seems to be marked as a sort of
missionary, whose convert Gaius had become. Yet the name Roubes
does not seem Christian: it has not the type of the Christian no-
menclature of the period : it seems to be Jewish, and to represent a
grecized form of Reuben ('Povfiijv). The ' great god' is Jehovah, called
v\j/l(ttos 8e6s in a Jewish inscr. of Athribis in Egyptl, and often in the
Septuagint. See no. 563.
Thus we find in this remarkable inscription two sides, (1) philosophy
in pointed opposition to Christianity (as in inscr. 466, 635), (2) the
mixture of Judaism and Hellenism, pointing to a fusion of the two
in Phrygia (see p. 675). The age of Caracalla or Alexander Severus is
in all probability the time when this inscr. was composed.
233. (Hogarth 1887). Ishekli. CIG 3902/^ with some differences.
TAvkwv kirv-qae to rjpyov eavTW koX Trj yvvaiKi avTov 'Ajiia kclI toIs t£kvois
erepu be o(v)bevl efe'orcu reBrjvai.
234. (R. 1887). CIG 3892 with some differences after Laborde, who
does not record the loss of nearly four lines in the middle. "Etovs o-ttO\
[xrjvbs & 2 Aiovvcnos TKvkoovos E[v]pLevevs (u>v rb 7]pS>ov [Ka\Teo-Kevao-a epavTut
.k\cu] rfi yvvaLKL p.ov 'Airdpri 1\kv\jj.vov koX tols tskvols p.ov [three lines erased
tov}tov to avriypacpov cnreTedrj els to, Evpeveaiv apyela. A. D. 205.
The penalty is erased, as in no. 235, cp. 243.
235. (R. 1887). Ishekli. BCH 1884 p. 235, Rev. Arch. 1876 I
p. 279. "Erous cn.8'. kvp. At.ovvo-i.os /3' [r]oC Ntyepos MapKeWeivbs Kctre-
o-K.(e)vao-ev to rjpipov kvp. Aov\i<ovi ku\ Eav (line blank) TeKvois 3 clvt&v' el
be tls erepov eiriyjeip. A. D. 229-230. See no. 236.
This inscription was never completed : possibly the penalty was
intentionally not engraved. CIA must be a mistake for Tl A ; a.d. 130
is an impossible date for an inscription where Aur. is a praenomen. The
nomen Aurelius came into use in the provinces under M. Aurelius ; about
161-220 provincials often bear the name M. Aurelius. Under Caracalla
the custom of using the praeuomen Aur. became almost universal in
Phrygia, and evidently rose from the extension of the Roman franchise
1 See BCH 1889p. i7Qwitk S.Reinach's 3 M. Paris reads 3av[di<? Km] tckvois.
commentary: the term is common in Between 2 AN and TEKNOIC there
paganism (see p. 33 note). is a space for one line left blank on the
2 Laborde has C where I read 0. stone, not noted in BCH or Rev. Arch.
nizes, the form ' the god' was widely used by the pagans: at the same
time I must so far agree with him that this ' servant of the great god/
with his Semitic name, does not seem to be the adherent of any local
cult. In the mutilated lines 7-8, he seems to be marked as a sort of
missionary, whose convert Gaius had become. Yet the name Roubes
does not seem Christian: it has not the type of the Christian no-
menclature of the period : it seems to be Jewish, and to represent a
grecized form of Reuben ('Povfiijv). The ' great god' is Jehovah, called
v\j/l(ttos 8e6s in a Jewish inscr. of Athribis in Egyptl, and often in the
Septuagint. See no. 563.
Thus we find in this remarkable inscription two sides, (1) philosophy
in pointed opposition to Christianity (as in inscr. 466, 635), (2) the
mixture of Judaism and Hellenism, pointing to a fusion of the two
in Phrygia (see p. 675). The age of Caracalla or Alexander Severus is
in all probability the time when this inscr. was composed.
233. (Hogarth 1887). Ishekli. CIG 3902/^ with some differences.
TAvkwv kirv-qae to rjpyov eavTW koX Trj yvvaiKi avTov 'Ajiia kclI toIs t£kvois
erepu be o(v)bevl efe'orcu reBrjvai.
234. (R. 1887). CIG 3892 with some differences after Laborde, who
does not record the loss of nearly four lines in the middle. "Etovs o-ttO\
[xrjvbs & 2 Aiovvcnos TKvkoovos E[v]pLevevs (u>v rb 7]pS>ov [Ka\Teo-Kevao-a epavTut
.k\cu] rfi yvvaLKL p.ov 'Airdpri 1\kv\jj.vov koX tols tskvols p.ov [three lines erased
tov}tov to avriypacpov cnreTedrj els to, Evpeveaiv apyela. A. D. 205.
The penalty is erased, as in no. 235, cp. 243.
235. (R. 1887). Ishekli. BCH 1884 p. 235, Rev. Arch. 1876 I
p. 279. "Erous cn.8'. kvp. At.ovvo-i.os /3' [r]oC Ntyepos MapKeWeivbs Kctre-
o-K.(e)vao-ev to rjpipov kvp. Aov\i<ovi ku\ Eav (line blank) TeKvois 3 clvt&v' el
be tls erepov eiriyjeip. A. D. 229-230. See no. 236.
This inscription was never completed : possibly the penalty was
intentionally not engraved. CIA must be a mistake for Tl A ; a.d. 130
is an impossible date for an inscription where Aur. is a praenomen. The
nomen Aurelius came into use in the provinces under M. Aurelius ; about
161-220 provincials often bear the name M. Aurelius. Under Caracalla
the custom of using the praeuomen Aur. became almost universal in
Phrygia, and evidently rose from the extension of the Roman franchise
1 See BCH 1889p. i7Qwitk S.Reinach's 3 M. Paris reads 3av[di<? Km] tckvois.
commentary: the term is common in Between 2 AN and TEKNOIC there
paganism (see p. 33 note). is a space for one line left blank on the
2 Laborde has C where I read 0. stone, not noted in BCH or Rev. Arch.