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[135] Honors by Devotees of the God Herakles for a Man (II CE) Thyatira area [Mernouphyta] - Lydia


Thyatira area [Mernouphyta] (Lydia, Asia Minor — Pleiades map), II CE
AGRW 135 = TAM V 959 = ILydiaKP II 51 = ILydiaHoz 22.10 = PHI 264389 = AGRW ID# 693
Copenhagen Inventory info: 370


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Round base of blue and red marble (73cm high x 48 wide; letter height: 2.2-2.4cm).

For good fortune! The Herakles-devotees (Herakleastai)from the settlements established by Attalus and Eumenes at Mernouphyta honored Glykon Neikandros, a man who loves honor, with a gold crown.

Translation by: Harland



ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ. | οἱ ἀπὸ βασιλέων | Ἀττάλου | καὶ Εὐμένους || κατοικοῦντες | Μερνουφυτα | Ἡρακληασταὶ | ἐτείμησαν | Γλύκωνα || Νεικάνδρου | χρυσῷ στεφάνῳ, | ἄνδρα φιλότειμον. | (crown)

Item added: December 1, 2011
Item modified: October 18, 2020
ID number: 693
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