Neue Inschriften aus Patara I: Zur Elite der Stadt in Hellenismus und früher Kaiserzeit

Abstract

The article contains nine new inscriptions: 1) The fragment of an inventory of votive offerings (3^rd c. BC) is the first inscription of this type from Lycia. 2) Tlepolemos, son of Artapates (sarcophagus inscription, 2^nd/1^st c. BC), may have been a descendant of two prominent homonymous Lycians of the 3^rd and early 2^nd c. BC. 3) P. Aius Rufus, Roman citizen of Italian origin, was a permanent resident of Patara. His sepulchral inscription (ca. 1^st c. BC) gives new details about the collection of sepulchral fines which in this case was to be done κατὰ τὸν πρακτορικὸν νόμον. 4) The honorary inscription for M. Antonius Idagras contains new information on Lycia during the Second Triumvirate and on the Rhomaia and Letoa celebrated by the Lycian League. 5) Andreas, son of Herodes, is honoured for his victory in the foal-drawn chariot race at the Nemeian Games at Argos. 6) The dedication to Leto Kalliteknos and the θεοὶ ἐνάλσιοι shows that there was a sacred grove of Leto in the suburban zone of Patara. It is suggested that the famous oracle of Apollo, too, was situated in this grove which cannot, however, be precisely located so far. 7) The honorary monument for Iulia, daughter of Augustus, is the earliest evidence for activities of the Lycian League at Patara. 8) C. Licinius Mucianus, governor under Nero, whose name is erased, is honoured by his friend, the στρατηγός Seleukos. 9) A list of the members of the city council illustrates how Rome interfered with the institutions of the Lycian cities when the province of Lycia was organised in 43 AD and sheds new light on the onomastics and prosopography of the élite of Patara during the early imperial period.