http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/19/dorothy-thompson-not-alexanderan-inscription-from-hello/ ISSN 1754-0909 (Online) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/19/dorothy-thompson-not-alexanderan-inscription-from-hello/#comment-3432 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/19/dorothy-thompson-not-alexanderan-inscription-from-hello/#comment-3432 Two years ago I saw two photographs (not very clear) of these inscriptions somewhere on the Internet. Both inscriptions were connected to Emperor Trajan. The first one appeared to be an honorary inscription - an aorist passive participle of timao (timethe--) was clearly seen on the penultimate line, and before it, there were such words as epitrop[ou], strate[gou], and [ep]archou. The name of Trajan was clearly seen on the last line - [Ner]oua Traianou Sebastou, probably indicating the date of the inscription. The second inscription was obviously from a building: "[Hyper Autokratoros Kaisaros] Neroua Traia[nou Sebastou Germanikou Da]kikou kai to[u sympantos oikou autou tyches? k]ai aioniou d[iamones ---].........[------] anoikodom[e- ---]E epi Serouio[u Soulpikiou Simileos eparchou Aigyptou I]oulia Artem[i- ---]". Two years ago I saw two photographs (not very clear) of these inscriptions somewhere on the Internet. Both inscriptions were connected to Emperor Trajan. The first one appeared to be an honorary inscription - an aorist passive participle of timao (timethe–) was clearly seen on the penultimate line, and before it, there were such words as epitrop[ou], strate[gou], and [ep]archou. The name of Trajan was clearly seen on the last line - [Ner]oua Traianou Sebastou, probably indicating the date of the inscription. The second inscription was obviously from a building: “[Hyper Autokratoros Kaisaros] Neroua Traia[nou Sebastou Germanikou Da]kikou kai to[u sympantos oikou autou tyches? k]ai aioniou d[iamones —]………[——] anoikodom[e- —]E epi Serouio[u Soulpikiou Simileos eparchou Aigyptou I]oulia Artem[i- —]”.

]]> http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/19/dorothy-thompson-not-alexanderan-inscription-from-hello/#comment-3406 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:07:55 +0000 http://www.currentepigraphy.org/2008/02/19/dorothy-thompson-not-alexanderan-inscription-from-hello/#comment-3406 Let me add that Souvaltzi's "readings" were also refuted, already by February 1995, by an official delegation of the Greek Ministry of Culture which investigated the site. I think there was no official publication, probably because Souvaltzi refused to show them all the fragments, but some details are reported <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4D6103BF935A35751C0A963958260&scp=1&sq=souvaltzi&st=nyt" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Let me add that Souvaltzi’s “readings” were also refuted, already by February 1995, by an official delegation of the Greek Ministry of Culture which investigated the site. I think there was no official publication, probably because Souvaltzi refused to show them all the fragments, but some details are reported here.

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