3-The Agon Inscription for the Winner of the Agon Testamented by Eukratidas
 
FBA2022-6013
Project 6013: 3 Inventory No:  AC-19
Coordinat 36°31'27.97" N / 30°33'8.21" E
Measurement Accuracy
1 m in areas with dense vegetation 
Location in-situ            incertus
Found In At the entrance to the city harbor on the main ancient road, on the western edge.
Date Range 3rd century AD
Material Fragment of a limestone base, broken on all sides. Since 1984, when the inscription was first photographed, it has been broken again at the top and two lines have been lost.
Measures Height: 0.37 m; Depth: 0.46 m; Width: 0.38 m
Inscription Contents    
Hellenic
Translation
"(I n.n.), inherited by Eukratidas, son of Akritos' son After I was crowned (along with other athletes) for winning Themis' adult men's category wrestling competition, according to a voice vote taken at the union meeting (I planted this) (Tüner Önen, 2008:347-348). "
 
Letter Attribute 
Letter Character Omega in minuscule form Letter Height
0.020-0.025 m
Majuscule Minuscule Omega minuscule
Conservation Status of the Inscription Bearer  
1 Intervention Date Consevation Team Materials Used Changes Made
Edition 
Adak – Tüner – Şahin 2005, 8 no. 5.
Text Commentary
"Line-1: συνστε[φθεὶς] indicates that the winner of the competition shared the honor with someone else. Separate victory inscriptions would have been written for both winners. Such athletes are called στεφανῖται or rarely συνστεφανῖται. The awarding of a prize jointly to two people in a competition is a frequent occurrence in the local agon on the southern coast of Asia Minor (Tüner Önen, 2008:347-348).
Line-2: vd. καθῶς τὸ π[λῆθος ἐπ]εβοήσατο indicates that the actual decision was made by the audience, not the jury (Tüner Önen, 2008:347-348)."
Bibliography
1 Akçay, A 2016, New Technological Approaches Used in Cultural Heritage Research: The Case of Phaselis Inscriptions. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Akdeniz University, Antalya.
Research Status    
Research and development studies are ongoing within the scope of FBA2022-6013.