Description of Monument

Archive wall, column 4, second course, below 512

Description of Text

Inscribed area, 2.01 x 0..22).

Letters

Second to third cent. A.D.; ave. 0.022; ligature: ΗΜ, ΝΗ, ΜΗ l.3, ΜΗ l. 4, ΝΗ l. 5 ; apex in l. 2 ; diaeretic dots in ll.. 1, 4, 6.

Date

Inscription: second to third centuries A.D. (lettering, context). Document: 98 or 100 A.D. (titulature).

Edition αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Τραϊανὸς Σμυρναίοις οὐδένα βούλομαι ἐκ τῶν ἐλευθέρων πόλεων ἀνανκάζεσθαι εἰς ὑμετέραν λειτουργίαν καὶ μάλιστα ἐξ Ἀφροδεισιάδος ἐξῃρημένης τῆς πόλεως καὶ τοῦ τύπου τῆς ἐπαρχείας ὥστε μήτε εἰς τὰς κοινὰς τῆς Ἀσίας μήτε εἰς ἑτέρας λειτουργίας ὑπάγεσθαι Τιβέριον Ἰουλιανὸν Ἄτταλον ἀπολύω τοῦ ἐν Σμύρνῃ ναοῦ καὶ μάλιστα μαρτυρούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας πατρίδος ἔγραψα δὲ περὶ τούτων καὶ Ἰουλίῳ Βάλβῳ τῷ φίλῳ μου καὶ ἀνθυπάτῳ

Translation

Imperator Caesar Trajanus to the Smyrnaeotes. I wish no one from the free cities to be forced into (performing) your liturgy, and especially no one from Aphrodisias, since that city has been removed from the formula provinciae so that it is not liable either to the common liturgies of Asia or to others. I release Tiberius Julianos Attalos from (performance of a liturgy in) the temple in Smyrna; (he is) a man who has the highest testimonials from his own city; and I have written about these matters to Julius Balbus, my friend and the proconsul.

Commentary

See , 113-115.

Locations

Theatre: north parodos wall Theatre: north parodos wall Findspot

Text Constituted From

transcription (Reynolds).

History of Recording

Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1967

Bibliography

Published by Reynolds, A&R 14 whence BE 1983.751, SEG 32, 1982.1202, AnnEpig 1984, 868; SEG 35,1985.1081; ISmyrna 593, McCabe 51 .Discussed: Millar, 438-439, R. Bernhardt, 29 (1980), 200 (immunity of free cities).

Photographs

View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)

View, below 8.29, 8.32, above 8.28 (1977)

View, below 8.32, above 8.28, 8.102 (1977)

Archive Wall view (1994)