TITLE
Decree of Messene in Honour of the Emperor Tiberius 
DATE
14 CE 
TEXT
SEG 41, 328 (see also: SEG 39, 378 and SEG 42, 344). Edition of Kantiréa 2007, 206-207, no. 3 (Appendice IA).  
 
[1] Θεῶι Σεβαστῶι [Καίσαρι κ]αὶ Τιβερίωι Καίσ̣[αρι] 
[2] Σεβαστῶι, τ[οῦ γραμμ]ατέος συνέ[δρων] 
[3] καὶ ἱερέος [θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ] Καίσαρος [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[4] [- – – – – – -] Ἀ̣ρ̣ι̣σ̣[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
vac. 
[5] [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[6] ἐνφάνισον δ[ὲ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[7] Διομέα ἱερέ[α – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[8] οτεία τὰν θ[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ἁμεῖν καὶ πᾶ]- 
[9] [σ]ιν ἀνθρώ[ποις] [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[10] [- – -]εις θε[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[11] [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
vac. 
[12] δυν[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[13] φυλάσσοντ[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – πᾶσι τοῖς τὰν πόλιν κα]- 
[14] τοικοῦντοις καὶ [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[15] ετι τελειότατα ἐκχο̣[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ἔμ] 
[16] πεδα πάντα τὰ προτει[νόμενα] [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[17] ὅταν ὁ μάντις κατεύχη[ται – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[18] καὶ Καίσαρα Σεβαστὸν ἐξισ̣[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[19] εἰσ{σ}φέρῃ τοὺς ἄρχοντας, ὀμν[ύειν δὲ] [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[20] ἐν ταῖς εἰσόδοις ἕκαστος ν̣[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – θεοῦ Σε-] 
[21] βαστοῦ Καίσαρος καὶ Τιβερίου Καίσαρο[ς Σεβαστοῦ καὶ τοῖς ἐκγόν]- 
[22] οις αὐτῶν · ἀμ[νοῖ]ς εὐωχείσθω ἐν τ[ῷ Σεβαστείῳ [- – – – – – – – – ἱερεὺς] 
[23] ὁ κατ᾽ ἔτος τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ δαδουχείτω [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[24] εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν παρέρπων καὶ πρῶτος ἐκ δεξιῶν σ[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[25] μονον ἁμεῖν καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις φωτίσαι [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[26] ναν τὸν Σεβαστόν, Τιβερίου δὲ Καίσαρος ἀπ̣[- – – – – καὶ τοὺς γεννήσαν]- 
[27] τας αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνιέντας αὐτῷ, τὸν αὐτὸν ν̣[· · ? · ·] 
[28] δὲ καὶ θεὰν Λειβίαν τὰν ματέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ γ[υναίκα θεοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Καίσαρος] 
[29] καὶ Ἀντωνίαν καὶ Λιβίλλαν, ἱερέα τρει[- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[30] εἰς τὸν ἑξῆς ἐνιαυτόν, ὥσπερ καὶ [- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – τοῦ Σεβα-] 
[31] στοῦ ἱερεὺ⟨ς⟩ καὶ δαδουχείτωσ̣α̣[ν – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – -] 
[32] το ἐν ἁπάντοις, ὥσ[π]ερ̣ κ̣α̣ὶ̣ [- – – – -] ΔΑΙΡΟΣΑ [- – – – – -]ν δὲ κ[- – – -] 
[33] [- – – τ]ε θ̣ε̣ὸ̣ν [- – -]ικαν̣ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἄ[γεσθαι] πάντας τοὺς τὰν πόλ[ιν] κατοικοῦντας 
[34] [- – -]σογ[- – -]αν [ἐκε]χειρίαν ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἁμέ[ρας ἐφ]ε̣ξῆς, ἐπιτελεῖσθαι δὲ καὶ ἀγώνας, γυμνι- 
[35] κὸν τῶν παίδων καὶ ἐφήβων καὶ ἱ[ππικ]ὸν τῶν νέων ἐν τᾶι γενεθλίῳ ἁμέρᾳ καὶ 
[36] ἀνατίθεσθαι τῶν νικησάντων ὅπ[λα ἀ]πὸ τοῦ καθ᾽ ἔτος ἱερέοςּ ἀποστεῖλαι δὲ καὶ 
[37] πρεσβείαν εἰς Ῥώμαν ποτὶ τὸν αὐτοκ̣[ρά]τορα Τιβέριον Καίσαρα, τὰν λυπηθησο- 
[38] μέναν μὲν ἐπὶ τῷ μηκέτι ἁμεῖν ἦμεν ἐ[μ]φανῆ τὸν θεόν, ἀσπασομέναν δὲ Τιβέρι- 
[39] ον τὸν αὐτοκράτορα καὶ συνχαρησομέναν ἐπὶ τῷ τὸν ἄξιον καὶ κατ᾽ εὐχὰν ἁμεῖν ἁγε- 
[40] μόνα γεγενῆσθαι τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου, ἀποδυρουμέναν δὲ καὶ περὶ τῶν κατεσχη- 
[41] κότων τὰν πόλιν ἀτόπων καὶ ἱκετεύσουσαν ὅπως τύχωμες ἐλέου τινός. 
vac. 
TRANSLATION
Lo Monaco 2009, 778-779. 

Al dio Augusto Cesare ed a Tiberio Cesare Augusto, grammateus dei sinedri e sacerdote del dio Augusto Cesare […] figlio di Arist-[…] spiegarono poi […] Diomeo sacerdote […] ozia il sacrificio a tutti gli uomini […] custodiscan […] risiedere ai […] ancora perfettissime esultare […] eserciti, tutte le cose proposte […]  quando l’indovino preghi […]  anche Cesare Augusto […] introduca gli arconti, giuri […] anche agli ingressi ciascuno per il dio Augusto Cesare e per Tiberio Cesare Augusto e per i loro discendenti; faccia il banchetto con agnelli nell’ Augusteo […] il sacerdote di Augusto in carica porti la fiaccola […] procedendo lentamente verso il santuario e per primo da destra […] solo porti la luce a noi e a tutti gli uomini […] l’Augusto, di Tiberio Cesare […] [e coloro che lo hanno generato] e allevato per lui, lo stesso […] e la dea Livia madre di lui e moglie del dio Cesare Augusto e Antonia e Livilla, sacerdote per l’anno successivo, come anche […] sacerdote di Augusto e portino la fiaccola […] fra tutti quanti, come anche […] e dio […] di lui, e tutti coloro che abitano la città conducano tregua per tre giorni di seguito, si compiano anche agoni, uno ginnico dei fanciulli e degli efebi, ed uno ippico dei giovani nel giorno del genetliaco  e vengano dedicate armi dei vincitori dal sacerdote dell’anno, venga inviata anche una ambasceria a Roma presso l’imperatore Tiberio Cesare, la quale fará le condoglianze per il fatto che il dio non ci è più visible, salutando l’imperatore Tiberio e rallegrandosi per il fatto che, secondo la nostra preghiera, è arrivato un degno capo di tutto il mondo, lamentandosi anche delle situazioni anomale che affiggono la città e supplicando affinché otteniamo un po’ di pietà.  
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