Ramsay, William Mitchell: The cities and bishoprics of Phrygia: being an essay of the local history of Phrygia from the earliest time to the Turkish conquest (Band 1,2): West and West-Central Phrygia (Oxford, 1897)

720 XVII. INSCRIPTIONS OF CENTRAL PHRYGIA.

attributed this to the fourth century; but am now disposed to assign it to
the later third century. No. 654 and 655 probably belong to Stektorion.
On the symbols see p. 490.

655. (R. 1883.) Maghajil. JHS 1884 p. 439, Cumont 182. kvp-q-
Xlos I 'Aai<kr]-iabri[s] | erroL^crev to[vi\to to koi^?j[t?/1|/)IOZ>. elpijv[rj] \ nacrri
rfj aheX^cpoTrjTJi. kcu as av | avopv^rj, Scocrei ? kt\. or perhaps etrrat
avrO) ktX.]

The stone is strikingly similar to no. 654, and must be attributed to
the same period. The penalty favours a third century date. It is note-
worthy that the collective ahekcporris had already been formed. The
salutation which was given to everyone in earlier inscr. (656, 658) is now
confined to the Brotherhood.

656. (R. 1881, 1883). Kelendres. Eamsay BCH 1882 p. 518, with
wrong restoration of first two lines, but correct epigraphic text: frequently
republished, especially by De Rossi Inscr. Christ. Horn. II p. xviii,
Cumont 178. A good photograph from a paper impression is published
by M. Duchesne in Mel. d'Arcli. et d'liist. 1895 Plate I.

'EKpWKrijs Tr6[Xe]cos 6 T7oAe^r7;s t]ovt eiroi[riaa

£5>i>, l]v ex<w (pave[p5>s} cr&Sjixaros ev6a 6£<riv.

ovvofxa 'AAe'^az/Spoj ''Avtcovwv, p.a6rjTrjs iroiixevos ayvov.

ov ixevrot Tvp.j3a> ny ep.S> erepov Tiva 8rj<reL'

et 8 ovv, Poo/xaCcov ra^etu 8ijaa. Sio-^ei/Ua \pvaa

Kai xprjo-rfi irarptbi 'lepo-noXti xetAia yjpvaa.

iypdcpr] erei r JQjoiijvi s', £6vtos.

elprivrj napayovaiv kcu p.vr](TKop.£vois ~nep\ rjp.Qv.
The date of this remarkable inscription, early in a. d. 2L(5, is of the
highest importance. At this period we see that the Chr. character in
inscr. was carefully concealed; and nothing except the phrases p.a6r]rr}s
it. a. and eipijvri 17. (both of which are only (pecvavra ^werolaiv) here
reveals the religion. The religion is made still clearer by comparison of
no. 657, which is here imitated. The imitation of metrical models in
unskilful fashion was widespread in Phrygia. As yet we have seen few
or no examples of it, for it was commonest in the society where Greek
was beginning to spread: the Maeander valley was early hellenized, and
that class of epitaphs is not exemplified there1. In N. Phrygia, where
Greek spread later, this class of metrical epitaphs, sometimes barely
metrical, is exceedingly common ; also in Central and E. Phrygia. The

1 Except the Tchal district (Dionyso- of the kind occurs, which. I have not
polis &c.); and there a good example published, as it is incomplete.