Inscribed Stele: Votive Dedication to Apollon Pleurenos, by priest Hermogenes and the mystai

Date
End of the 2nd–beginning of the 1st century BC (Herrmann)., Hellenistic
Museum
Bergama Museum, 1.3.93
Museum Inventory No.
1.3.93
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
Bergama 1.3.93
Material
Marble, Stone
Object Type
Stele, Inscription
Inscription Type
Religious Inscription
Inscription language
Greek
Inscription Text
		Ἐπὶ ἱερέων τῆς μὲν Ῥώμης Ἀπολλωνίου
		τοῦ Διονυσίου, τοῦ δὲ Διὸς τοῦ Πολιέως
		Φοίνικος τοῦ Φοίνικος, μηνὸς Ἀπελλαίου·
	4	Ἀπόλλωνι Πλευρηνῷ Ἑρμογένης Καδοου
		ἱερεὺς καὶ οἱ μύσται εὐχήν· εἰσὶν δὲ
		Μητρόδωρος Μενεκράτου, Διονύσιος Ἀπολλωνίου,
		Δημήτριος Μητροδώρου, Ἀπολλώνιος Διονυσίου,
	8	Ἀπολλώνιος Φιλίππου, Ἀμφίας Μιθρείους, Ποσι-
		δώνιος Ἑρμολάου, Ἑρμογένης Ἀρτεμιδώρου ΟΔΗ[ . . ]ΠΟ[ . ],
		Ἀπολλώνιος Διονυσίου, Ἰσίδωρος Ἀρτεμιδώρου,
		Μενεκράτης Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἀπολλώνιος Μενεκρά-
	12	του, Ἀπολλώνιος Μητροδώρου, Ἀλέξων Ἑρμογένου,
		Ἀπολλώνιος Ἑρμογένου, Γλαυκίας Ἀπολλωνίου,
		Μενεκράτης Ἑρμογένου, Ἑρμογένης Πυθέου,
		Ἀσκληπιάδης Ἑρμογένου, Ἀπολλόδωρος Μη-
	16	τροδώρου, Ἀπολλώνιος Ἰσιδώρου, Μητρόδω-
		ρος Καλλιμάχου, Πλουτιάδης Διονυσίου,
		Μητρόδωρος Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἰσίδωρος Μη[τρο]-
		δώρου, Ἀπολλώνιος Μενεκράτου, Ἑρμογένης
	20	Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἑρμογένης Ἀπολλωνίου, Ἀπολλώ-
		νιος Πληρει, Μητρόδωρος Ἑρμογένου,
		Μένανδρος Ἀπολλωνίου,
		Ἀπολλόδωρος Μενεκράτου,
	24	Πλουτιάδης Καλλιμάχου,
		Ἕρμιππος Διονυσίου,
		Μητρόδωρος Ἀπολλωνίου,
		Μητρόδωρος Μενεκράτου,
	28	Μητρόδωρος Ἀσκληπιάδου,
		Ἀπολλώνιος Μηνογένου,
		Δημήτριος Ἀπολλωνίου,
		Ἀσκληπιάδης Διονυσίου,
	32	Ἀπολλώνιος Ἑρμολάου,
		Σωκράτης Ἀπολλωνίου,
		[Ἀπολλ]ώνιος Διονυσίου
		-     -     -     -     -     -     -     -
Inscription Translation
“When Apollonios, son of Dionysios, officiated as priest of Roma, and Phoinix, son of Phoinix, officiated as priest of Zeus Polieus, in the month Apellaios: (the god’s) priest Hermogenes, son of Kadoas, and his mystai (made the dedication of the) ex-voto to Apollon Pleurenos. (The mystai) are: Metrodoros, son of Menekrates; Dionysios, son of Apollonios;” (+ the following names).
Inscription Comment
Site
Yeniköy
Findspot
Yeniköy (formerly [Hacı-] Hasankıranı, north of the Gygaean Lake, 5 km from Kemerdamları, the findspot of no. 323); nos. 317, 323, and 441 probably originate from the same sanctuary, whose exact location has not yet been determined.
Description

“Marble stele with triangular pediment with acroteria”. “Lower part of the stone is missing.” Ll. 22–34 are written “in higher letters, possibly later additions by a different mason” (Malay and Nalbantoğlu).

Dimensions
H. 1.00, W. 0.50, Th. 0.12, H. of letters 0.009–0.018.
Comments

1–3 The method of dating (cf. no. 593, 1–2 comm.) is proper to Sardis, OGI 437 = IGSK 11, 1 (Ephesos), no. 7, II = SEG 60, 1330 III, ll. 35–36 (98/97 or 94/93 BC): ὡς δὲ Σαρδιανοὶ (ἄγουσιν) ἐπὶ ἱερέω̣[ς] τῆς μὲν Ῥώμης Σωκράτου, τοῦ δὲ Διὸς τοῦ Πολιέως Ἀλκαίου, μηνὸς Δαισίου τετράδος ἀπιόντος… While the sanctuary of Apollon Pleurenos had probably formerly belonged to the king’s land (see nos. 317 and 323), the territory of Sardis included, at the time of no. 441, the area north of the Gygaean Lake (Malay and Nalbantoğlu, p. 81; H. Müller, Chiron 30 [2000], p. 524, with n. 27; Herrmann, p. 283, with n. 21 [Ausgew. Schriften, p. 244] and p. 285, with n. 29 [Ausgew. Schriften, p. 246]).

2 For the cult of Zeus Polieus in Sardis, see nos. 349, 6; 350, 18; 384, 9; 592, 5, and the index of Sardis VII 1.

3 μηνὸς Ἀπελλαίου was perhaps followed by a cipher, a trace of which seems to be visible (ed. pr.).

See Also
Bibliography
H. Malay and C. Nalbantoğlu, Arkeoloji Dergisi 4 (1996), pp. 79–81, no. 2, pl. XVII, fig. 2 (SEG 46, 1520; De Hoz, Kulte, p. 162, no. 5.26b; AE 1996, 1447); P. Herrmann, “Apollon de Pleura…” (in L’hellénisme d’époque romaine…, ed. S. Follet [2004], pp. 277–86 = Herrmann, Ausgew. Schriften, pp. 237–46), pp. 284–85 (Ausgew. Schriften, pp. 244–46), no. 3 (ll. 1–6).
Author
GP