The Presian Inscription or Philippi Inscription is a medieval Greek text inscribed upon a stone in Philippi during the reign of the Bulgarian ruler Presian I (r. 836–852).
In 837, soon after Presian's accession, the Slavs in the vicinity of Thessalonica rebelled against the Byzantine Empire. Emperor Theophilos sought Bulgarian support in putting down the rebellion, but simultaneously arranged for his fleet to sail through the Danube delta and undertake a clandestine evacuation of some of the Byzantine captives settled in trans-Danubian Bulgaria by the Bulgarian rulers Krum and Omurtag. In retaliation the kavhanIsbul campaigned along the Aegean coasts of Thrace and Macedonia and captured the city of Philippi, where he set up a surviving memorial inscription in a local church. Isbul's campaign may also have resulted in the establishment of Bulgarian suzerainty over the local Slavic tribe of the Smolyani.
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Το]ν πολων Βου(λ)γα-
ρον [ο] εκ θεου αρχον ο Π- ερσιανος απεστιλεν Ι[σ]βουλον τον καυχανον δοσας αθτον φοσα- τα κ(ε) τοω ητξιργου βοιλ- αν κ(ε) τον κανα βοιλα κολοβρον κ(ε) ο καυχανοσ επι τουσ Σμολεανους ο- ν......Η [τησ] την αληθηναν γ- υρευη, ο θ(εος) θεορι.κ(ε), η τησ ψ- ευδετε, ο θ(εος) θεορι. Τουσ Χριστηανους οι βουλγαρι- σ πολα αγαθα επυισα[ν] κ(ε) οι Χριστηανοι ελησμον-
ησαν, αλλα ο θ(εο)ς θεορι.
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Of the many Bulgarians [the] by God lord Presian (Persianos) sent Isbul the kavkhan having given him military forces (fossata, "camps", metaphorically for "army") and the ichirgu-boil and the khan boil kolobron and the kavkhan against the Smolyani......If someone seeks the truth, God watches. And if one lies, God watches. The Bulgarians did many good things to the Christians and the Christians forgot, but God watches.
Referencesedit
Die protobulgarischen Inschriften By Veselin Beshevliev
Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250 By Florin Curta Page 166 ISBN0-521-81539-8
Fine, John V. A. Jr. (1991) [1983]. The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 109. ISBN0-472-08149-7.
May 03, 2024
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