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An inscription in Greek and Latin outside the Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Turkey at My Favourite Planet

The side of the pillar with the Greek inscription, near the Library of Celsus.
 

The other side of the inscribed pilaster fragment near the Library of Celsus (see gallery pages 35 and 36). On this side is part of a Greek inscription, dated to 585 AD, with instructions to the governor of Ephesus by Emperor Mauricius (Mauricius Tiberius; Greek, Μαυρίκιος; 539-602 AD; reigned 582-602 AD), the last emperor of the Justinian dynasty. Inscribed in an unusual, clumsy-looking Latin script below this are the date and the name of the emperor, which has been deliberately erased (see a close-up on the next page). A number of scholars have found the Latin part of the inscription difficult to decipher. It have even been supposed that the script is Aramaic or Armenian.

0 [— μηδό]-
[λ]ως συνχωρηθῆναι παρά
σου μέχρι μόνης ὀνομασί-
ας τοιοῦτόν τι φαντασθῆ-
ναι, ἀλλὰ τὰς ἡσυχίας ἅπαν-
τας ἄγειν· κ(αὶ) εἴ της παρὰ ταῦ-
τα διαγέγονεν, εἰ κὲ αἰ-
ν ὑστέρῳ διαγένηται,
τοῦτων συνλ<α>βέσθαι
ποινάς τε ἐπιθεῖνε αὐτῷ
τὰς τῶν παρανόμως βιούν-
των ἀξίας.

dat(um) III Idus Februar(ias) Co-
nstantinupo(li), imp(er)a(toris)
d(omini) n(ost)ri [Mauricii T] -
iberi pe(r)pe(tui) Aug(usti) ann(o) II I
et post cons(ulatum) eius(dem)
ann(o) I.

Inscription IEph 40.

See: Rudolf Heberdey (1864-1936), Vorläufiger Bericht über die Grabungen in Ephesus 1905/1906. In: Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes in Wien, Band 10, Beiblatt, pages 61-78. Alfred Hölder, Vienna, 1907. At Heidelberg University Digital Library.
 
photos and articles:
© David John
 

See also:

Selçuk

the nearby town

Selçuk
galleries index
 

Selcuk photo gallery 1 - town of Selcuk, Turkey

Selçuk
gallery 1
around town
 

Selcuk photo gallery 2 - Ephesus Archaeological Museum, Turkey

Selçuk
gallery 2
Ephesus
Museum
 

Selcuk photo gallery 3 - Serbian folk dancers in Selcuk, Turkey

Selçuk
gallery 3
Serbian dancers
visit Selçuk
 
 
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Additional photos: © Konstanze Gundudis

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Some of the information and photos in this guide to Ephesus
originally appeared in 2004 on davidjohnberlin.de.
 
 
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Istanbul Essentials part 1

Istanbul Essentials part 2

Istanbul Essentials part 3
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Ionian Spring part 1

Ionian Spring part 2

Ionian Spring part 3
 
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