MAMA XI 27 (Eumeneia) 
Bilingual rescript and petition to Roman emperor
- Type of monument:
- Bilingual rescript and petition to Roman emperor.
- Location:
- Sökmen (Eumeneia): in a yard.
- Description:
- White marble block, broken above and below, recut at right.
- Dimensions:
- Ht. 0.41+; W. 0.165+; Th. 0.10; letters 0.010-0.015.
- Record:
- Squeeze; MB notebook copy; photograph (1956/54).
- Publication:
- None.
- Date:
- Severan period.
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procọ[nsul- - - - - - - - - -]
tuuṣ TISC . [- - - - - - - - - -]
commitereṣ[- - - - - - - - - -]
tes quoṣ
5vinciales u[- - - - - - - - - -]
tent bb . [- - - - - - - - - -]
δέησις . [- - - - - - - - - -]
Σεουή̣ρ̣ . [- - - - - - - - - -]
ΑΣ . . . . Α . [- - - - - - - - -]
10Αὐτοκράτο̣[ρ - - - - - - - -]
Δ̣ΕΟΣ̣ . . . [- - - - - - - - - -]
Μ[- - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
Μ[- - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
[. . . ]Α̣[- - - - - - - - - - - -]
15ΖΙ̣[- - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
Α . [- - - - - - - - - - - - -]
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ΤΕΣΤ̣ΑΚ̣ . [- - - - - - - - - -]
ΜΟ[- - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
20Δ[- - - - - - - - - - - - - -]
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Illustrations:
Upper part of MAMA XI 27 (Eumeneia 4: 1956-54)
Lower part of MAMA XI 27 (Eumeneia 4: 1956-54)
Squeeze of MAMA XI 27 (Eumeneia 4: 1956-54)
Little can now be made of this tantalising document, consisting of an imperial rescript in Latin (lines 1-6), perhaps addressed to the proconsul of Asia (note tuus in line 2 and the second person singular committeres in line 3), followed by a petition in Greek (lines 7-20: δέησις) addressed to an emperor or emperors of the Severan dynasty (line 8, Σεουή̣ρ̣ῳ̣ or Σεουή̣ρ̣ο̣[υ], and line 10, Αὐτοκράτο̣[ρι] or Αὐτοκράτο̣[ρος]).
Three other inscriptions have been recorded at the village of Sökmen: Drew-Bear 1978: IV 31 and IV 47(SEG 28, 1145, 1148); MAMA XI 61 (1956/53).