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536 XII. CHRISTIAN INSCRIPTIONS OF S.W. PHRYGIA.
cro\xai) km. Avp. [<J>]A.awa "S,Kvp,vov rr\ irevOepq p.ov | hwpov yjxpiv' \j.r)hevl be
erepw e£o elv[e] Te6rjvcu\' el be tls eTiiT-qbevcrei, Secret is ro lepuraTOv Taixel\ov
brjv. bicrxeiXia k<xi carat aira 7r[p]6s * tt)v X€Va T°v 6eov.
After tlie inscription was engraved something was added, perhaps
re5[?)cr]era[t] p.[eT'j airo[vs k]cl[1] &r}p.7)Tpiav\bs 6 vlos ?] or Ai]jxr]Tp[a N[e'coz>os ?]
The copy necessitates the restoration <5>\av[q (in CIGr Aaviq).
Aurelia Tatia, who is mentioned here, must have been a person of high
birth and of senatorial family (o-uvkXtitos, Senatus Eomanus, and ctwkA.?;-
tlkos senatoriits), who was called Synkletike originally as an epithet, but
kept it almost as a personal name in her married life. Her mother
Aurelia Flavia was daughter of Skymnos, probably the Skymnos, son of
Skymnos and grandson of Demetrius, who is mentioned on coins of Pius
138-161 2. The probable period of this inscription about 240-250 would
suit this connexion, if we may assume that the coin belongs to the latter
part of the reign of Pius; and the occurrence of the name Demetria or
Demetriane in the inscription favours the hypothesis. The remarkable
fact that Aurelia Plavia was buried in her son-in-law's tomb may, on
this hypothesis, be explained as due to her religion. She and her
daughter were Christians, but the family of Skymnos were pagans, and
she preferred to be buried apart from her own family. Cp. no. 380.
Tatia Chr. no. 355.
Synkletikos and Synkletike were used as personal names in Asia
Minor, cp. no. 537 and Wadd. 1778 (where he corrects his denial of this
possibility on 1197).
393. (R. 1891): in a field on the left side of the road to Dikeji, and
close to the right bank of the Maeander, Avp. YIponXos \ Zwtlkov e-nobqaa |
ro rjp<Sov ep.avT<£> | ko.1 tjj yvvaiKi y.ov | MeXrivr/ \peiuTL\av5iv.
The ungrammatically expressed ending assimilates this to a class of
Chr. inscriptions which is more numerous in N. Phrygia, but of which
sporadic examples are found elsewhere. The period to which this class
belongs is fixed by no. 4$!, which is dated a.d. 278-379. The bold
uncompromising proclamation of the religion of the persons who have
made the grave recalls the Montanist principles3. Such expressions are
common in the mouths of martyrs (e.g. xpia-rtavos ek \piariav&v yovewv
1 7r6s in the copy, which may be t(6) 0: Type four ears of corn in a
correct, as there are some traces of this bundle : Prince of Saxe-Coburg in Eev.
dialectic form in Phrygian inscriptions. Niimism. 1892 p. 82.
The copy however is not trustworthy 3 Compare the story of Quintus in
for such details. the Smyrnaean Letter on the death of
2 em • C[K]YMNOY • B • TOY ■ Polycarp, and above, § 2.
AHMHTPIOY • T • B.,i.e.(oTPQT^oC?)
cro\xai) km. Avp. [<J>]A.awa "S,Kvp,vov rr\ irevOepq p.ov | hwpov yjxpiv' \j.r)hevl be
erepw e£o elv[e] Te6rjvcu\' el be tls eTiiT-qbevcrei, Secret is ro lepuraTOv Taixel\ov
brjv. bicrxeiXia k<xi carat aira 7r[p]6s * tt)v X€Va T°v 6eov.
After tlie inscription was engraved something was added, perhaps
re5[?)cr]era[t] p.[eT'j airo[vs k]cl[1] &r}p.7)Tpiav\bs 6 vlos ?] or Ai]jxr]Tp[a N[e'coz>os ?]
The copy necessitates the restoration <5>\av[q (in CIGr Aaviq).
Aurelia Tatia, who is mentioned here, must have been a person of high
birth and of senatorial family (o-uvkXtitos, Senatus Eomanus, and ctwkA.?;-
tlkos senatoriits), who was called Synkletike originally as an epithet, but
kept it almost as a personal name in her married life. Her mother
Aurelia Flavia was daughter of Skymnos, probably the Skymnos, son of
Skymnos and grandson of Demetrius, who is mentioned on coins of Pius
138-161 2. The probable period of this inscription about 240-250 would
suit this connexion, if we may assume that the coin belongs to the latter
part of the reign of Pius; and the occurrence of the name Demetria or
Demetriane in the inscription favours the hypothesis. The remarkable
fact that Aurelia Plavia was buried in her son-in-law's tomb may, on
this hypothesis, be explained as due to her religion. She and her
daughter were Christians, but the family of Skymnos were pagans, and
she preferred to be buried apart from her own family. Cp. no. 380.
Tatia Chr. no. 355.
Synkletikos and Synkletike were used as personal names in Asia
Minor, cp. no. 537 and Wadd. 1778 (where he corrects his denial of this
possibility on 1197).
393. (R. 1891): in a field on the left side of the road to Dikeji, and
close to the right bank of the Maeander, Avp. YIponXos \ Zwtlkov e-nobqaa |
ro rjp<Sov ep.avT<£> | ko.1 tjj yvvaiKi y.ov | MeXrivr/ \peiuTL\av5iv.
The ungrammatically expressed ending assimilates this to a class of
Chr. inscriptions which is more numerous in N. Phrygia, but of which
sporadic examples are found elsewhere. The period to which this class
belongs is fixed by no. 4$!, which is dated a.d. 278-379. The bold
uncompromising proclamation of the religion of the persons who have
made the grave recalls the Montanist principles3. Such expressions are
common in the mouths of martyrs (e.g. xpia-rtavos ek \piariav&v yovewv
1 7r6s in the copy, which may be t(6) 0: Type four ears of corn in a
correct, as there are some traces of this bundle : Prince of Saxe-Coburg in Eev.
dialectic form in Phrygian inscriptions. Niimism. 1892 p. 82.
The copy however is not trustworthy 3 Compare the story of Quintus in
for such details. the Smyrnaean Letter on the death of
2 em • C[K]YMNOY • B • TOY ■ Polycarp, and above, § 2.
AHMHTPIOY • T • B.,i.e.(oTPQT^oC?)