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Pistiros. Regulations concerning Pistiros, the surrounding Thracian emporia, and some Greek cities

Description: granite stele, worn out on the top left and broken on the bottom left corner (dimensions: h:1.64 m w:0.63 m d:0.27 m )

Layout: inscribed on the face. 22 to 27 letters each line

Letters: Ionic letters; mixed ionian and koine dialect

Origin: a Thracian emporion (Pistiros?)

Dating: after 359 BC

Findspot: found in 1990 near the village of Vetren (Bulgaria)

Current location: the Archaeological Museum 'Prof. Mieczysław Domaradzki' in the town of Septemvri (Bulgaria) ?

Reference Edition: Domaradzka, Chankowski 1999, 247-256 (SEG 49 911; ; SEG 43 486)

Other Editions: Domaradzki, Domaradzka 1993, 35-56; Domaradzka, Velkov 1994, 1-15 (ed. princeps, cf. Ph. Gauthier, BE 1995 432); Bravo, Chankowski, A. 1999, 275-317; G. Mihailov, IGBulg V 5557 ter

Photographs: Domaradzka, Velkov 1994, 3, fig. 1; Domaradzka, Chankowski 1999

Translations: Domaradzka, Velkov 1994, 4-5 (French); Aigner Foresti 2002, 316 (Italian)

Bibliography: Avram 1997–1998, 37–46; Domaradzka 1999, 347-358; Salviat 1999, 259-273; Bosnakov 1999, 319-329; Picard 1999, 331-346; Loukopoulou 1999, 359-371; Archibald 2000-2001, 253-275; Aigner Foresti 2002, 315-317; Loukopoulou, 2005, 13-17; Chankowski, Gotzev, Nehrizof 2004-2005, 1226-1253; Archibald 2005, 885-899; Demetriou 2010, 77-93; Demetriou 2012, 153-187; Hatzopoulos 2013, 13-21

[. c. 20.]ΙΚΙΛ
[. c. 12.]ΔΕΝΝΥ..Η εἰ δὲ ..
[. 4. ὀμνύτ]ω τὸν Διόνυσογ καὶ
[. 4.] ὀφειλέτω· ὅ τι ἂν δέ τις τῶν
5[ἐμπ]οριτέων ἐπικαλῆι ὁ ἕτερος τ-
[ῶι ἑ]τέρωι κρίνεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τ-
[οῖς] συγγενέσι καὶ ὅσα ὀφείλετα[ι]
τοῖς ἐμπορίταις παρὰ τοῖς Θραιξ-
[ί]ν, τούτωγ χρεῶν ἀποκοπὰς μὴ
10ποιεῖγ· γῆγ καὶ βοσκὴν ὅσην ἔχουσ-
ιν ἐμπορῖται, ταο͂τα μὴ ἀφαιρεῖ-
[σθ]αι· ἐπαυλιστὰς μὴ πέμπειν το-
[ῖς] ἐμπορίταις· φρουρὴμ μηδεμίαν
εἰς Πίστιρον καταστῆσαι μήτε α-
15[ὐτ]ὸμ μήτε ἄλλωι ἐπιτρέπειν·
[κλήρους (vel ὁμ)]ήρους Πιστιρηνῶμ μὴ λαμ-
[βάν]ειμ μηδὲ ἄλλωι ἐπιτρέπειν·
[τὰ (vel γῆν)] τῶν ἐμποριτέωμ μὴ [ἀ]φ̣αιρεῖ-
[σθ]αι μήτε αὀτὸμ μήτ[ε το]ὺς ἑ-
20[αυτ]οῦ· τέλεα κατὰ τὰς ὁδοὺς
μὴ πρήσσειν, ὅσα εἰς Μαρώνεια[ν]
[εἰσ]άγεται ἐκ Πιστίρου ἢ ἐκ τῶν ἐ-
[μ]πορίων ἢ ’γ Μαρωνείης εἰς Πίστ-
[ιρ]ον ἢ τὰ ἐμπόρια Βελανα Πρασε -
25[.ω]ν· τοὺς ἐμπορίτας τὰς ΑΠΑΞ
[.. ? ..] κ̣αὶ ἀνοίγειγ καὶ κλείειν . ἅμα
[καθ]άπερ καὶ ἐπὶ Κότυος

ἄνδρα Μ -
[αρω]νίτην οὐ δήσω οὐδὲ ἀποκτ-
[ενέ]ω οὐδὲ ἀφαιρήσομαι χρήμα-
30[τα] οὔτε ζῶντος οὔτε ἀποθανόν-
[τος] οὔτε αὐτὸς οὔτε τῶν ἐμῶν
[οὐ]δείς· οὐδὲ Ἀπολλωνιητέων, οὐδ-
[ὲ Θ]ασίων, ὅσοι ἐμ Πιστίρωι εἰσί[ν],
[οὔ]τε ἀποκτενέω οὐδένα, οὔτε
35[δήσω] οὔτε ἀφαιρήσομαι χρήμα-
[τα οὔτε] ζῶντος οὔτε ἀποθανό-
[ντος οὔτε] αὐτὸς οὔτε τῶν ἐμῶν
[οὐδείς· εἰ δέ τις] τῶν οἰκητόρων
[.. ? ..] τῶν οὗ ὁ ἐμπορ -
40[.. ? ..]ον εἰσὶν ΑΙΜ -
[.. ? ..]ν, ἐὰμ μὴ ΑΜ -
[.. ? .. τ]ις ἀδικῆι τὸ-
[ν δεῖνα (vel ὺς δεῖνας)] τε ΕΨΩΑΛΛΑ
[ἀναδο(vel ἀποδο)]χεὺς τὴν ἐπ -
45[.. ? .. δι’ ἑκαστ]οῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ
[.. ? ..]Α (vac. )

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Bravo, B. and A. Chankowski (1999), ‘Cités et emporia dans le commerce avec les barbares à la lumière du document dit à tort «inscription de Pistiros»’, BCH 123, 275-317
Chankowski, V., A. Gotzev and G. Nehrizof (2004-2005), ‘Pistiros’, BCH 128-129, 1226-1253
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Domaradzka, L. and V. Velkov (1994), ‘Kotys I (383/2-359 av. J.-C.) et l’emporion Pistiros de Thrace’, BCH 118, 1-15
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Domaradzka, L. (1999), ‘Monuments épigraphiques de Pistiros’, BCH 123, 347-358
Hatzopoulos, M.B. (2013), ‘Τὰ τῶν ἐμποριτῶν φιλάνθρωπα: Observations on the Pistiros Inscription (SEG XLIII 486)’, in P. Martzavou and N. Papazarkadas (eds.), Epigraphical Approaches to the Post-Classical Polis: Fourth Century B.C. to Second Century A.D., Oxford, 13-21
Loukopoulou, L. (1999), ‘Sur le statut et l’importance de l’emporion de Pistiros’, BCH 123, 359-371
Loukopoulou, L. (2005), ‘Addendum on the inscription of Vetren: custom duties of the Odrysians’, in J. Bouzek and L. Domaradzka (eds.), The Culture of Thracians and their Neighbours. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Memory of Prof. Mieczyslaw Domaradzki, Oxford, 13-17
Picard, O. (1999), ‘Le commerce de l’argent dans la charte de Pistiros’, BCH 123, 331-346
Salviat, F. (1999), ‘Le roi Kersobleptès, Maronée, Apollonia, Thasos, Pistiros et l’histoire d’Hérodote’, BCH 123, 259-273

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GEI021

Pistiros. Regulations concerning Pistiros, the surrounding Thracian emporia, and some Greek cities