8. Dedication to Apollo Kendrisos by Bithys, son of Kotys

Description

• Monument: small altar, moulded on top and base; marble
• Dimensions: 0.32 × 0.18 × 0.18
• Text: on the front side
• Letters: ?
• Date: second century AD
• Found: Plovdiv (Philippopolis), at the northern slope of Sahat-tepe hill
• Now: Sofia, Archaeological museum, inv. no. 2617
• Text Category: official, honorary

Publication

• Bibliography: G. Mihailov, Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria repertae, vol. III, 1, Serdicae, 1961, no. 918.
• Editorial: The text was encoded following the edition of Mihailov without any additional corrections.
• Publisher: Text by N. Sharankov.

Text

Ἀπόλλωνι Κενδρισῳ Βειθυς Κοτυος ἱερεὺς Συρίας θεᾶς δῶρον ἀνε- 5 θηκεν.

Translation

Bithys, son of Kotys, priest of the Syrian goddess, dedicated this gift to Apollo Kendrisos.

Битис, син на Котис, жрец на Сирийската богиня, посвети в дар на Аполон Кендрисос.

Apparatus

Ligatures: l. 2: ΚΕ, ΒΕ.

Photographs

Commentary

Apollo Kendrisos (or Kendrisenos) was the main deity of Philippopolis. The name and the patronymic of the dedicant – Bithys and Kotys – are among the most frequent Thracian names.

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