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Neue Inschriften Von Olympia Neue Inschriften TYCHE von Olympia Sonderband 7 Sonderband Die ab 1896 veröffentlichten Texte Das Heiligtum von Olympia fasziniert die Menschen von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart. Über seine Geschichte und den Ablauf der dort abgehaltenen Spiele erhalten wir authentische Informationen von antiken Schriftstellern wie Pausanias, durch Grabungsfunde und -befunde, vor allem aber auch durch die dort gefundenen Inschriften. Die bis 1896 gefundenen Inschriften wurden in für die damalige Zeit vorbildlicher Weise von Wilhelm Dittenberger und Karl Purgold als Band 5 der deutschen Grabungspublikation herausgegeben; dieses Werk (IvO) enthielt alle bis dahin bekannten Texte aus dem bedeutendsten panhellenischen Heiligtum. In den seither vergangenen Jahrzehnten kamen Hunderte neue Inschriften – zum Teil von großer historischer Bedeutung, wie eine Bronzetafel mit einer bis ins 4. Jh. n. Chr. reichenden Siegerliste – zutage, die zunächst in Grabungspublikationen, Zeitschriften und anderen Orten verstreut publiziert wurden. Die vorliegende Publikation vereint nun die seit 1896 veröffentlichten Texte und ermöglicht somit eine vollständige Übersicht über die epigraphischen Zeugnisse auf Stein, Metall und Keramik. Jede der über 370 Inschriften wird mit der Angabe von Erst- und Referenzedition, Sekundärliteratur, griechischem bzw. lateinischem Text, deutscher Übersetzung, kritischem Apparat und Kommentar wiedergegeben. Umfassende Indices und Konkordanzen (auch zu Olympia von Inschriften Neue Texte ab 1896 veröffentlichten Die den IvO-Texten) erschließen das Material und machen den Band für alle an dem Herausgegeben von Heiligtum und den Spielen Interessierten zum unentbehrlichen Arbeitsbehelf. Peter Siewert und Hans Taeuber ISBN: 978-3-902868-47-3 Peter Siewert Peter Hans Taeuber TYCHE Sonderband 7 Cover Olympia Tyche SB7.indd 1-3 29.05.13 14:04 Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik NEUE INSCHRIFTEN VON OLYMPIA Die ab 1896 veröffentlichten Texte Herausgegeben von Peter Siewert und Hans Taeuber Wien 2013 Impressum Herausgeber: Peter Siewert, Hans Taeuber TYCHE Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie und Epigraphik TYCHE Sonderband Nr. 7 Eigentümer & Verleger: Verlag Holzhausen GmbH, Leberstraße 122, A-1110 Wien, Österreich Lektorat & Redaktion: Vera Hofmann Bildnachweise: Umschlagseite 1: Gesetz über den Ringkampf, Nr. 2 (Inv.B 6075 + 6116), DAI Athen Umschlagseite 4: Ringscheibe mit elischer Bürgerrechtsverleihung, Nr. 5A (Inv. B 6970), DAI Athen Veröffentlicht mit Unterstützung des Austrian Science Fund (FWF): PUB 100-V21 Verlagsort: Wien – Herstellungsort: Wien – Printed in Austria 1. Auflage 2013 ISBN: 978-3-902868-47-3 © Verlag Holzhausen GmbH, 2013 Bibliografische Informationen der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek und der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek: Die ÖNB und die DNB verzeichnen diese Publikation in den Nationalbibliografien; detaillierte bibliografische Daten sind im Internet abrufbar. Für die Österreichische Bibliothek: http://aleph.onb.ac.at, für die Deutsche Bibliothek: http://dnb.ddb.de. Alle Rechte, insbesondere das Recht der Vervielfältigung und Verbreitung sowie der Übersetzung sind dem Verlag vorbehalten. Kein Teil des Werks darf in irgendeiner Form (durch Fotokopie, Mikrofilm oder ein anderes Verfahren) ohne schriftliche Genehmigung des Verlags reproduziert oder unter Verwendung elektronischer Systeme gespeichert, verarbeitet, vervielfältigt oder verbreitet werden. www.verlagholzhausen.at Vorwort Aus mehreren Lehrveranstaltungen an der Universität Wien über Olympia und seine Inschriften bildete sich 1993 eine Arbeitsgruppe, die sich vornahm, zur 100jährigen Wiederkehr des Erscheinungsjahres von W. Dittenberger, K. Purgold, Olympia V: Die Inschriften von Olympia, Berlin 1896, alle seitdem inzwischen und an verstreuten Stellen publizierten Inschriften aus Olympia zu sammeln und als Corpus kritisch neu zu edieren. Zu diesen – damals studentischen – Mitarbeitern zählten insbesondere R. Pausz, M. Rausch, W. Reitinger, E. Ringel, C. Ruggeri und A. Sokolicek. Im Sommer 1994 konnte ein größerer Teil der Gruppe eine Woche im Magazin des Museums von Olympia die Autopsie zahlreicher schwieriger Inschriften vornehmen. Zu danken haben wir hierfür dem damaligen Leiter der deutschen Olympia–Grabungen, Herrn Prof. Dr. H. Kyrieleis, für die Genehmigung und Unterkunft im Grabungshaus, ferner der damaligen Leiterin der 7. Ephorie in Olympia, Frau Dr. X. Arapogianni, für die großzügig gewährte Zugänglichkeit der Funde, vor allem aber der Universität Wien, ihrem damaligen Rektor, Prof. Dr. A. Ebenbauer, und dem damaligen Dekan der Geisteswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Prof. Dr. H. Friesinger, für die Finanzierung der Reisekosten. An der Tagung „Sport und Spektakel in Olympia“, die im Oktober 1996 in Graz stattfand, konnte dank der Hilfsbereitschaft ihres Veranstalters, Prof. Dr. I. Weiler, die Mehrzahl der Mitarbeiter teilnehmen und über das Projekt und über das zu bearbeitende Material einen Überblick und einige Beispiele geben1. Unterschiedliche Verpflichtungen und Präferenzen verhinderten eine kontinuierliche Weiterarbeit dieser Gruppe. In einem neuen Anlauf unternahmen es die Herausgeber, die Sammlung zu vervollständigen und soweit wie möglich zu aktualisieren. Die Fertigstellung des Manuskripts, der Kon- kordanzen und des Verzeichnisses der seit 1896 erschienenen Literatur zu den von W. Dittenberger und K. Purgold edierten Inschriften unternahm Mag. V. Hofmann. Die Indices stellte Dr. P. Sänger her. Das Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Papyrologie und Epigraphik der Universität Wien stellte Arbeitsplätze und technische Hilfe zur Verfügung. Frau Dr. G. Ambros und Herr Mag. R. Lichtner vom Verlag Holzhausen waren bereit, den Band als Tyche-Sonderband zu drucken, und haben den Prozeß der Herstellung in äußerst enga- gierter und hilfreicher Weise unterstützt. Der damalige Präsident des Deutschen Archäo- logischen Instituts, Herr Prof. Dr. H.-J. Gehrke, hat freundlicherweise seine Zustimmung zur Veröffentlichung des Bandes in diesem Rahmen erteilt. Ermöglicht wurde die Druck- legung durch einen namhaften Zuschuß des österreichischen Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF); die dabei involvierten Gutachter haben wertvolle Hinweise beigesteuert. Allen genannten und ungenannten Helfern sind wir zu aufrichtigem Dank verpflichtet. Die Herausgeber 1 M. Rausch, Forschungsprojekte des Institutes für Alte Geschichte der Universität Wien über das antike Olympia und Elis, Nikophoros 10, 1997, 255 – 256. P. Siewert, Die Inschriften Olympias der letzten 100 Jahre und ihr Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Olympischen Agone, a. O. 245 – 250. H. Taeuber, Ein Inschriftfragment der Pulydamas–Basis von Olympia, a. O. 235 – 243. 2 INHALT EINLEITUNG (P. SIEWERT) ..................................................................................................................... 11 A) ZEICHENERKLÄRUNG.............................................................................................................................. 11 B) NAMENSSIGLEN DER BEARBEITER .......................................................................................................... 11 C) ALLGEMEINE ABKÜRZUNGEN ................................................................................................................. 11 D) VERZEICHNIS DER ABGEKÜRZT ZITIERTEN LITERATUR ........................................................................... 12 E) ZUR GESCHICHTE DER NEUEREN EPIGRAPHISCHEN ERFORSCHUNG OLYMPIAS ....................................... 19 F) DER AUFBAU DIESER SAMMLUNG ........................................................................................................... 21 G) PRINZIPIEN IN DER WIEDERGABE DER EINZELNEN INSCHRIFT................................................................. 24 I. URKUNDEN AUF BRONZETAFELN....................................................................................................26 EINLEITUNG................................................................................................................................................. 26 A. ARCHAISCHE URKUNDEN IN SCHRIFT UND DIALEKT VON ELIS............................................................... 26 1. Bronzetafel mit Kultgesetz.....................................................................................................................................26 2. Bronzetafel mit Gesetz über den olympischen Ringkampf .....................................................................................27 3. Fragment einer Bronzetafel mit Gesetz über den olympischen Ringkampf ............................................................29 4. Bronze-Urkunde über Privilegien überseeischer Griechen im Heiligtum von Olympia..........................................29 5. Bronzetafel mit elischen Urteilen über Böoter, Thessaler, Athen und Thespiai......................................................31 5A. Ringscheibe mit elischer Verleihung des Bürgerrechts und der Theorodokie......................................................32 B. ARCHAISCHE BRONZE-URKUNDEN IN AUßERELISCHEN SCHRIFT- UND DIALEKTARTEN.......................... 34 6. Bronzetafel mit Freundschaftsvertrag zwischen Sybaris und den Serdaiern ...........................................................34 C. JÜNGERE URKUNDEN IN IONISCHER SCHRIFT .......................................................................................... 36 7. Proxeniedekret der Eleer für Theotimides von Mende............................................................................................36
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